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MORAN B
94.4%
of words eliminated

How MORAN performs

Played first, MORAN removes about 94.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.08 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, MORAN left an average of 130 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 339 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeMORAN
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green30.2%
Any green or yellow85.6%
Whole row gray14.4%
Worst case answers left339

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