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MULSE B
93.8%
of words eliminated

How MULSE performs

Played first, MULSE removes about 93.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.02 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #2,353 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, MULSE left an average of 146 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 395 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeMULSE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green36.5%
Any green or yellow83.2%
Whole row gray16.8%
Worst case answers left395

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