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CITEE B
93.5%
of words eliminated

How CITEE performs

Played first, CITEE removes about 93.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.93 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #3,035 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, CITEE left an average of 150 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 15, 2026, when the answer was PSHAW and 456 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCITEE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green45.8%
Any green or yellow80.7%
Whole row gray19.3%
Worst case answers left456

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