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MILLE C
91.3%
of words eliminated

How MILLE performs

Played first, MILLE removes about 91.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.50 bits of information. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, MILLE left an average of 205 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 494 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeMILLE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green36.8%
Any green or yellow79.1%
Whole row gray20.9%
Worst case answers left494

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