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CHACE C
91.3%
of words eliminated

How CHACE performs

Played first, CHACE removes about 91.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.46 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #7,553 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, CHACE left an average of 198 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 13, 2026, when the answer was STOUT and 455 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCHACE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green39.7%
Any green or yellow80.7%
Whole row gray19.3%
Worst case answers left455

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