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AKSED C
93.6%
of words eliminated

How AKSED performs

Played first, AKSED removes about 93.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.70 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #5,147 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, AKSED left an average of 151 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 359 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeAKSED
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green25.9%
Any green or yellow84.8%
Whole row gray15.2%
Worst case answers left359

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