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CALMY C
90.8%
of words eliminated

How CALMY performs

Played first, CALMY removes about 90.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.60 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #6,152 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, CALMY left an average of 218 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 579 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCALMY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green36.4%
Any green or yellow75.4%
Whole row gray24.6%
Worst case answers left579

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