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CABLE B
94.7%
of words eliminated

How CABLE performs

Played first, CABLE removes about 94.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.24 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #1,001 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 41% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, CABLE left an average of 122 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 13, 2026, when the answer was STOUT and 361 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCABLE
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green41.2%
Any green or yellow84.7%
Whole row gray15.3%
Worst case answers left361

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