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CHURL C
91.8%
of words eliminated

How CHURL performs

Played first, CHURL removes about 91.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.68 bits of information. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, CHURL left an average of 190 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 14, 2026, when the answer was STEAK and 457 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCHURL
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green29.4%
Any green or yellow80.6%
Whole row gray19.4%
Worst case answers left457

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