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ABACK F
80.7%
of words eliminated

How ABACK performs

Played first, ABACK removes about 80.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.51 bits of information. Roughly 26% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, ABACK left an average of 448 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 944 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeABACK
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green25.7%
Any green or yellow60.0%
Whole row gray40.0%
Worst case answers left944

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