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ARTSY B
95.5%
of words eliminated

How ARTSY performs

Played first, ARTSY removes about 95.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.22 bits of information. Roughly 40% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, ARTSY left an average of 109 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 8, 2026, when the answer was DEMON and 309 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeARTSY
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green39.9%
Any green or yellow86.9%
Whole row gray13.1%
Worst case answers left309

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