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CLANG C
92.5%
of words eliminated

How CLANG performs

Played first, CLANG removes about 92.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.78 bits of information. Roughly 31% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, CLANG left an average of 172 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 502 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCLANG
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green30.9%
Any green or yellow78.7%
Whole row gray21.3%
Worst case answers left502

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