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MOREL B
95.4%
of words eliminated

How MOREL performs

Played first, MOREL removes about 95.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.28 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, MOREL left an average of 108 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 15, 2026, when the answer was PSHAW and 284 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeMOREL
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green35.3%
Any green or yellow88.0%
Whole row gray12.0%
Worst case answers left284

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