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MUSCA C
90.5%
of words eliminated

How MUSCA performs

Played first, MUSCA removes about 90.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.46 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #7,588 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 1,859 past Wordle answers, MUSCA left an average of 226 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 521 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeMUSCA
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green22.6%
Any green or yellow77.9%
Whole row gray22.1%
Worst case answers left521

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