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MAYED C
93.0%
of words eliminated

How MAYED performs

Played first, MAYED removes about 93.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.72 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #4,954 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, MAYED left an average of 165 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 374 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeMAYED
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green31.8%
Any green or yellow84.1%
Whole row gray15.9%
Worst case answers left374

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