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MAWRS C
91.9%
of words eliminated

How MAWRS performs

Played first, MAWRS removes about 91.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.49 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, MAWRS left an average of 193 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 463 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeMAWRS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green24.8%
Any green or yellow80.4%
Whole row gray19.6%
Worst case answers left463

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