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MARLE A
96.3%
of words eliminated

How MARLE performs

Played first, MARLE removes about 96.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.53 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #187 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, MARLE left an average of 86 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 276 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeMARLE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green40.9%
Any green or yellow88.3%
Whole row gray11.7%
Worst case answers left276

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