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MUTON C
90.9%
of words eliminated

How MUTON performs

Played first, MUTON removes about 90.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.58 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, MUTON left an average of 209 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 567 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeMUTON
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green25.1%
Any green or yellow76.0%
Whole row gray24.0%
Worst case answers left567

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