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MUCID C
87.0%
of words eliminated

How MUCID performs

Played first, MUCID removes about 87.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.16 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #10,322 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, MUCID left an average of 306 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 738 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeMUCID
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green23.8%
Any green or yellow68.7%
Whole row gray31.3%
Worst case answers left738

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