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MILKS C
89.0%
of words eliminated

How MILKS performs

Played first, MILKS removes about 89.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.19 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #10,112 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, MILKS left an average of 264 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 624 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeMILKS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green20.2%
Any green or yellow73.5%
Whole row gray26.5%
Worst case answers left624

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