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MANGI C
90.5%
of words eliminated

How MANGI performs

Played first, MANGI removes about 90.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.40 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, MANGI left an average of 224 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 526 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeMANGI
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green23.0%
Any green or yellow77.7%
Whole row gray22.3%
Worst case answers left526

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