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MENSH C
92.6%
of words eliminated

How MENSH performs

Played first, MENSH removes about 92.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.72 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #5,020 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, MENSH left an average of 174 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 12, 2026, when the answer was CLACK and 415 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeMENSH
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green27.9%
Any green or yellow82.4%
Whole row gray17.6%
Worst case answers left415

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