5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MURVA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Synonym of marool.

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 MURVA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MURVA 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 78.0% of games, misses completely in 22.0%, and leaves about 248 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,951 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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___A M in the 1st position and A in the 5th position M__V_ M in the 1st position and V in the 4th position _U__A U in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE SLATE TRIED TRADE STONE STILE
Words starting with M Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.19 Entropy (bits)
248 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 32% of evaluated openers
1.76 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MURVA 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,951 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MURVA ranks #8,951 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
815
4 guesses
1,211
5 guesses
265
6 guesses
15
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ARU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
21%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

518
395
268
207
118
97
62
62
55
40
36
35
31
27
26
22
21
21
20
19
17
17
14
13
13
11
11
10
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MURVA:

22% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
17% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRIED

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.0% →
TOILE 6.01 bits
16.8% →
SLATE 5.62 bits
11.4% →
TRIED 5.32 bits
8.8% →
TRADE 4.65 bits
5.0% →
STONE 5.21 bits
4.1% →
STILE 4.63 bits
2.6% →
SHOTE 4.78 bits
2.6% →
CRUET 4.75 bits
2.3% →
TOILE 5.21 bits
1.7% →
SPILE 4.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3U1R1V4A1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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