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MADAM F
77.4%
of words eliminated

How MADAM performs

Played first, MADAM removes about 77.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.18 bits of information. Roughly 26% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, MADAM left an average of 527 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 1024 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeMADAM
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green25.8%
Any green or yellow56.6%
Whole row gray43.4%
Worst case answers left1024

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