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AWEEL C
91.7%
of words eliminated

How AWEEL performs

Played first, AWEEL removes about 91.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.57 bits of information. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, AWEEL left an average of 192 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 477 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeAWEEL
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green30.1%
Any green or yellow79.8%
Whole row gray20.2%
Worst case answers left477

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