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CAPLE B
95.1%
of words eliminated

How CAPLE performs

Played first, CAPLE removes about 95.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.35 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #577 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, CAPLE left an average of 113 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 339 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCAPLE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green41.2%
Any green or yellow85.6%
Whole row gray14.4%
Worst case answers left339

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