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MALLS C
89.0%
of words eliminated

How MALLS performs

Played first, MALLS removes about 89.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.19 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, MALLS left an average of 263 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 630 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeMALLS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green26.5%
Any green or yellow73.3%
Whole row gray26.7%
Worst case answers left630

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