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MATAI C
89.9%
of words eliminated

How MATAI performs

Played first, MATAI removes about 89.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.23 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #9,755 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, MATAI left an average of 235 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 563 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeMATAI
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green25.6%
Any green or yellow76.1%
Whole row gray23.9%
Worst case answers left563

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