Opener Lab
Compare MUSOS
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How MUSOS performs
Played first, MUSOS removes about 84.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.74 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, MUSOS left an average of 379 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 819 candidates survived.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | MUSOS |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0% |
| At least one green | 21.1% |
| Any green or yellow | 65.3% |
| Whole row gray | 34.7% |
| Worst case answers left | 819 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.