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CARPI B
94.0%
of words eliminated

How CARPI performs

Played first, CARPI removes about 94.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.91 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #3,217 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, CARPI left an average of 142 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 352 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCARPI
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green27.8%
Any green or yellow85.1%
Whole row gray14.9%
Worst case answers left352

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