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MAKER B
94.0%
of words eliminated

How MAKER performs

Played first, MAKER removes about 94.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.83 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #3,906 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 30% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, MAKER left an average of 140 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 363 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeMAKER
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green29.8%
Any green or yellow84.6%
Whole row gray15.4%
Worst case answers left363

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