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AMUCK F
86.5%
of words eliminated

How AMUCK performs

Played first, AMUCK removes about 86.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.99 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #11,540 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, AMUCK left an average of 313 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 695 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeAMUCK
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green22.2%
Any green or yellow70.5%
Whole row gray29.5%
Worst case answers left695

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