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MILKY C
86.8%
of words eliminated

How MILKY performs

Played first, MILKY removes about 86.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.00 bits of information. Roughly 29% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, MILKY left an average of 318 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 724 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeMILKY
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green29.4%
Any green or yellow69.3%
Whole row gray30.7%
Worst case answers left724

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