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CIVES C
92.5%
of words eliminated

How CIVES performs

Played first, CIVES removes about 92.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.59 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #6,278 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, CIVES left an average of 178 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 433 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCIVES
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green29.7%
Any green or yellow81.6%
Whole row gray18.4%
Worst case answers left433

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