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CLAIR A
95.8%
of words eliminated

How CLAIR performs

Played first, CLAIR removes about 95.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.42 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #395 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, CLAIR left an average of 98 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 275 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCLAIR
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green38.7%
Any green or yellow88.3%
Whole row gray11.7%
Worst case answers left275

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