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AMISS C
89.2%
of words eliminated

How AMISS performs

Played first, AMISS removes about 89.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.06 bits of information. Roughly 24% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, AMISS left an average of 259 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 541 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeAMISS
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green24.3%
Any green or yellow77.1%
Whole row gray22.9%
Worst case answers left541

*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.