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MATTY C
87.3%
of words eliminated

How MATTY performs

Played first, MATTY removes about 87.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.03 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #11,287 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, MATTY left an average of 300 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 683 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeMATTY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green33.6%
Any green or yellow71.0%
Whole row gray29.0%
Worst case answers left683

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