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CAPON B
93.1%
of words eliminated

How CAPON performs

Played first, CAPON removes about 93.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.85 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #3,705 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, CAPON left an average of 164 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 428 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCAPON
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green30.0%
Any green or yellow81.8%
Whole row gray18.2%
Worst case answers left428

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