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MEEDS C
88.6%
of words eliminated

How MEEDS performs

Played first, MEEDS removes about 88.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.13 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, MEEDS left an average of 269 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 615 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeMEEDS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green25.3%
Any green or yellow73.9%
Whole row gray26.1%
Worst case answers left615

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