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CHAFT C
89.9%
of words eliminated

How CHAFT performs

Played first, CHAFT removes about 89.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.53 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #6,875 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, CHAFT left an average of 229 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 613 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCHAFT
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green32.5%
Any green or yellow74.0%
Whole row gray26.0%
Worst case answers left613

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