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ARROW C
89.8%
of words eliminated

How ARROW performs

Played first, ARROW removes about 89.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.24 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #9,693 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 28% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, ARROW left an average of 239 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 16, 2026, when the answer was BUTTE and 523 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeARROW
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green28.0%
Any green or yellow77.8%
Whole row gray22.2%
Worst case answers left523

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