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MARTS B
94.6%
of words eliminated

How MARTS performs

Played first, MARTS removes about 94.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.11 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, MARTS left an average of 128 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on June 30, 2026, when the answer was PUPPY and 363 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeMARTS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green27.3%
Any green or yellow84.6%
Whole row gray15.4%
Worst case answers left363

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