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MOVED C
89.4%
of words eliminated

How MOVED performs

Played first, MOVED removes about 89.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.27 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, MOVED left an average of 246 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 561 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeMOVED
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green30.6%
Any green or yellow76.2%
Whole row gray23.8%
Worst case answers left561

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