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MARGE B
94.9%
of words eliminated

How MARGE performs

Played first, MARGE removes about 94.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.16 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #1,417 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, MARGE left an average of 118 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 344 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeMARGE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green37.6%
Any green or yellow85.4%
Whole row gray14.6%
Worst case answers left344

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