5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

MURUK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 80.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 MURUK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MURUK 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 61.8% of games, misses completely in 38.2%, and leaves about 468 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,552 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.87 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___K M in the 1st position and K in the 5th position M__U_ M in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _U__K U in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE IRATE STOAE SLANT STILE ALOSE
Words starting with M Words ending with K

First-turn measures

3.37 Entropy (bits)
468 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
80.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 5% of evaluated openers
2.58 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MURUK 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.

3.87 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#13,552 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MURUK ranks #13,552 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
30
3 guesses
669
4 guesses
1,257
5 guesses
364
6 guesses
31
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
2 vowels
Common:
RU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
62%
Green tile
25%
All gray
38%

Feedback distribution

55 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

900
481
110
106
99
99
62
57
56
47
39
37
32
25
17
17
15
15
14
13
12
12
9
8
8
6
5
4
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MURUK:

38% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
20% chance
Suggested:
IRATE
5% chance
Suggested:
STOAE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

38.2% →
TOILE 6.09 bits
20.4% →
IRATE 5.29 bits
4.7% →
STOAE 4.93 bits
4.5% →
SLANT 5.10 bits
4.2% →
STILE 4.67 bits
4.2% →
ALOSE 5.24 bits
2.6% →
NAICE 4.67 bits
2.4% →
LEANT 4.84 bits
2.4% →
CHASE 4.78 bits
2.0% →
TRONE 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3U1R1U1K5
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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