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MAIMS C
89.7%
of words eliminated

How MAIMS performs

Played first, MAIMS removes about 89.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.07 bits of information. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, MAIMS left an average of 247 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.

First-guess odds

OutcomeMAIMS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green30.6%
Any green or yellow77.1%
Whole row gray22.9%
Worst case answers left541

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