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CHYME C
90.5%
of words eliminated

How CHYME performs

Played first, CHYME removes about 90.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.35 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, CHYME left an average of 222 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 13, 2026, when the answer was STOUT and 495 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCHYME
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green31.2%
Any green or yellow79.0%
Whole row gray21.0%
Worst case answers left495

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