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MOTIF C
90.0%
of words eliminated

How MOTIF performs

Played first, MOTIF removes about 90.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.36 bits of information. Roughly 26% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, MOTIF left an average of 232 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 593 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeMOTIF
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green25.9%
Any green or yellow74.9%
Whole row gray25.1%
Worst case answers left593

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