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CAULD B
92.7%
of words eliminated

How CAULD performs

Played first, CAULD removes about 92.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.85 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #3,748 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, CAULD left an average of 171 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 501 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCAULD
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green34.5%
Any green or yellow78.8%
Whole row gray21.2%
Worst case answers left501

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