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ACTED B
95.1%
of words eliminated

How ACTED performs

Played first, ACTED removes about 95.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.10 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #1,772 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, ACTED left an average of 113 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 7, 2026, when the answer was SLING and 285 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeACTED
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green27.6%
Any green or yellow87.9%
Whole row gray12.1%
Worst case answers left285

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