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MUSTS F
83.3%
of words eliminated

How MUSTS performs

Played first, MUSTS removes about 83.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.73 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #12,982 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, MUSTS left an average of 397 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 861 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeMUSTS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green20.6%
Any green or yellow63.5%
Whole row gray36.5%
Worst case answers left861

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