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MAZER C
92.8%
of words eliminated

How MAZER performs

Played first, MAZER removes about 92.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.55 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, MAZER left an average of 167 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 412 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeMAZER
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green30.0%
Any green or yellow82.5%
Whole row gray17.5%
Worst case answers left412

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