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ABELE C
92.3%
of words eliminated

How ABELE performs

Played first, ABELE removes about 92.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.67 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, ABELE left an average of 176 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 469 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeABELE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green34.0%
Any green or yellow80.1%
Whole row gray19.9%
Worst case answers left469

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