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MINGY C
85.9%
of words eliminated

How MINGY performs

Played first, MINGY removes about 85.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.08 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, MINGY left an average of 339 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 789 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeMINGY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green30.4%
Any green or yellow66.6%
Whole row gray33.4%
Worst case answers left789

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