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MISOS F
87.6%
of words eliminated

How MISOS performs

Played first, MISOS removes about 87.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.93 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #11,975 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, MISOS left an average of 297 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 647 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeMISOS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green21.7%
Any green or yellow72.6%
Whole row gray27.4%
Worst case answers left647

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