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CETYL B
94.2%
of words eliminated

How CETYL performs

Played first, CETYL removes about 94.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.88 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #3,476 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, CETYL left an average of 137 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 329 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCETYL
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green27.6%
Any green or yellow88.4%
Whole row gray11.6%
Worst case answers left329

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