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CADIE B
95.5%
of words eliminated

How CADIE performs

Played first, CADIE removes about 95.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.32 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, CADIE left an average of 104 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 271 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCADIE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green42.0%
Any green or yellow88.5%
Whole row gray11.5%
Worst case answers left271

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