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MOHEL B
93.8%
of words eliminated

How MOHEL performs

Played first, MOHEL removes about 93.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.84 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, MOHEL left an average of 145 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 11, 2026, when the answer was AVIAN and 344 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeMOHEL
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green31.3%
Any green or yellow85.4%
Whole row gray14.6%
Worst case answers left344

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