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MOTTO F
78.8%
of words eliminated

How MOTTO performs

Played first, MOTTO removes about 78.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.41 bits of information. Roughly 25% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, MOTTO left an average of 486 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 1001 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeMOTTO
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green25.3%
Any green or yellow57.6%
Whole row gray42.4%
Worst case answers left1001

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