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MOWER C
92.4%
of words eliminated

How MOWER performs

Played first, MOWER removes about 92.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.68 bits of information. Roughly 29% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, MOWER left an average of 178 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 434 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeMOWER
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green29.3%
Any green or yellow81.6%
Whole row gray18.4%
Worst case answers left434

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