5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

MURRY

MURRY is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 84.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

moray eel

Adverb

very, extremely

Adjective

great

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How MURRY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MURRY as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 66.4% of games, misses completely in 33.6%, and leaves about 364 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,559 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

M___Y M in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position M__R_ M in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLANE NAICE SALET STONE THANE ALOSE
Words starting with M Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.81 Entropy (bits)
364 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 15% of evaluated openers
2.13 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MURRY performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.80 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#11,559 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MURRY ranks #11,559 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
753
4 guesses
1,220
5 guesses
314
6 guesses
23
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
RU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
34%
All gray
34%

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

793
359
196
154
85
85
77
77
54
47
36
27
24
23
23
20
18
17
15
15
13
12
11
11
11
9
8
8
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MURRY:

34% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
15% chance
Suggested:
NAICE
8% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

33.6% →
SLANE 6.33 bits
15.2% →
NAICE 5.18 bits
8.3% →
SALET 4.85 bits
6.5% →
STONE 5.25 bits
3.6% →
THANE 5.02 bits
3.6% →
ALOSE 5.18 bits
3.3% →
SCOTE 4.91 bits
3.3% →
BLITE 4.71 bits
2.3% →
CRUET 4.60 bits
2.0% →
NAICE 4.77 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for MURRY; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

M3U1R1R1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.