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How MASSE performs
Played first, MASSE removes about 92.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.60 bits of information. Roughly 38% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, MASSE left an average of 177 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 422 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | MASSE |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 38.3% |
| Any green or yellow | 82.1% |
| Whole row gray | 17.9% |
| Worst case answers left | 422 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.