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CIVET C
93.0%
of words eliminated

How CIVET performs

Played first, CIVET removes about 93.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.80 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #4,245 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, CIVET left an average of 162 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 15, 2026, when the answer was PSHAW and 441 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCIVET
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green36.6%
Any green or yellow81.3%
Whole row gray18.7%
Worst case answers left441

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