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CARBO B
93.5%
of words eliminated

How CARBO performs

Played first, CARBO removes about 93.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.87 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #3,538 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, CARBO left an average of 151 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 7, 2026, when the answer was SLING and 403 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCARBO
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green27.9%
Any green or yellow82.9%
Whole row gray17.1%
Worst case answers left403

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