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MIXED C
87.9%
of words eliminated

How MIXED performs

Played first, MIXED removes about 87.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.01 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, MIXED left an average of 284 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 607 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeMIXED
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green28.1%
Any green or yellow74.3%
Whole row gray25.7%
Worst case answers left607

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