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MISSA C
88.7%
of words eliminated

How MISSA performs

Played first, MISSA removes about 88.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.06 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, MISSA left an average of 273 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 541 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeMISSA
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green23.9%
Any green or yellow77.1%
Whole row gray22.9%
Worst case answers left541

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