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ARBAH C
89.1%
of words eliminated

How ARBAH performs

Played first, ARBAH removes about 89.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.18 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #10,158 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, ARBAH left an average of 252 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 13, 2026, when the answer was STOUT and 619 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeARBAH
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green30.1%
Any green or yellow73.7%
Whole row gray26.3%
Worst case answers left619

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