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ADLIB C
90.9%
of words eliminated

How ADLIB performs

Played first, ADLIB removes about 90.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.45 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, ADLIB left an average of 211 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 495 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeADLIB
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green17.4%
Any green or yellow79.0%
Whole row gray21.0%
Worst case answers left495

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