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MOMES C
90.4%
of words eliminated

How MOMES performs

Played first, MOMES removes about 90.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.17 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, MOMES left an average of 226 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 459 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeMOMES
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green29.5%
Any green or yellow80.5%
Whole row gray19.5%
Worst case answers left459

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