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ASIDE B
95.7%
of words eliminated

How ASIDE performs

Played first, ASIDE removes about 95.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.20 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #1,214 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 33% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, ASIDE left an average of 102 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 228 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeASIDE
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green32.7%
Any green or yellow90.3%
Whole row gray9.7%
Worst case answers left228

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