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CELOM B
93.6%
of words eliminated

How CELOM performs

Played first, CELOM removes about 93.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.86 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #3,673 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, CELOM left an average of 149 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 15, 2026, when the answer was PSHAW and 349 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCELOM
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green28.1%
Any green or yellow85.2%
Whole row gray14.8%
Worst case answers left349

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