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ASHET B
95.3%
of words eliminated

How ASHET performs

Played first, ASHET removes about 95.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.18 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #1,314 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, ASHET left an average of 110 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on June 30, 2026, when the answer was PUPPY and 288 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeASHET
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green28.4%
Any green or yellow87.8%
Whole row gray12.2%
Worst case answers left288

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