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MESAD B
94.0%
of words eliminated

How MESAD performs

Played first, MESAD removes about 94.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.91 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #3,184 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, MESAD left an average of 142 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 331 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeMESAD
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green26.9%
Any green or yellow86.0%
Whole row gray14.0%
Worst case answers left331

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