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MITTS C
86.8%
of words eliminated

How MITTS performs

Played first, MITTS removes about 86.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.02 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, MITTS left an average of 317 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 738 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeMITTS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green22.4%
Any green or yellow68.7%
Whole row gray31.3%
Worst case answers left738

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