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MULEY C
92.4%
of words eliminated

How MULEY performs

Played first, MULEY removes about 92.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.65 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, MULEY left an average of 184 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 407 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeMULEY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green39.0%
Any green or yellow82.7%
Whole row gray17.3%
Worst case answers left407

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