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ACHES B
94.4%
of words eliminated

How ACHES performs

Played first, ACHES removes about 94.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.83 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #3,904 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, ACHES left an average of 130 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 6, 2026, when the answer was TODDY and 306 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeACHES
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green22.1%
Any green or yellow87.0%
Whole row gray13.0%
Worst case answers left306

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