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MESTO B
94.3%
of words eliminated

How MESTO performs

Played first, MESTO removes about 94.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.95 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #2,871 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, MESTO left an average of 134 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 305 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeMESTO
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green23.2%
Any green or yellow87.1%
Whole row gray12.9%
Worst case answers left305

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