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MUSER B
94.1%
of words eliminated

How MUSER performs

Played first, MUSER removes about 94.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.98 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, MUSER left an average of 142 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 355 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeMUSER
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green29.1%
Any green or yellow85.0%
Whole row gray15.0%
Worst case answers left355

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