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CHEAT B
94.2%
of words eliminated

How CHEAT performs

Played first, CHEAT removes about 94.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.17 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #1,342 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 32% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, CHEAT left an average of 134 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 333 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCHEAT
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green31.6%
Any green or yellow86.8%
Whole row gray13.2%
Worst case answers left333

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