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MIRRL C
90.5%
of words eliminated

How MIRRL performs

Played first, MIRRL removes about 90.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.31 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #9,047 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, MIRRL left an average of 226 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 534 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeMIRRL
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green30.0%
Any green or yellow77.4%
Whole row gray22.6%
Worst case answers left534

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