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MAYBE C
92.6%
of words eliminated

How MAYBE performs

Played first, MAYBE removes about 92.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.59 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #6,294 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 34% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, MAYBE left an average of 174 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 388 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeMAYBE
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green33.5%
Any green or yellow83.5%
Whole row gray16.5%
Worst case answers left388

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