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CATTY C
89.5%
of words eliminated

How CATTY performs

Played first, CATTY removes about 89.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.25 bits of information. Roughly 38% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, CATTY left an average of 249 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 595 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCATTY
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green38.2%
Any green or yellow74.8%
Whole row gray25.2%
Worst case answers left595

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