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MISKY F
86.6%
of words eliminated

How MISKY performs

Played first, MISKY removes about 86.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.93 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, MISKY left an average of 325 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 716 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeMISKY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green28.2%
Any green or yellow69.6%
Whole row gray30.4%
Worst case answers left716

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