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CARRY C
90.9%
of words eliminated

How CARRY performs

Played first, CARRY removes about 90.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.43 bits of information. Roughly 41% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, CARRY left an average of 216 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 527 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCARRY
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green41.1%
Any green or yellow77.7%
Whole row gray22.3%
Worst case answers left527

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