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MIXES C
90.5%
of words eliminated

How MIXES performs

Played first, MIXES removes about 90.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.17 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #10,296 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, MIXES left an average of 227 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 481 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeMIXES
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green26.0%
Any green or yellow79.6%
Whole row gray20.4%
Worst case answers left481

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