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MARUA C
89.8%
of words eliminated

How MARUA performs

Played first, MARUA removes about 89.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.22 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #9,877 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, MARUA left an average of 240 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 557 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeMARUA
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green26.5%
Any green or yellow76.4%
Whole row gray23.6%
Worst case answers left557

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