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CLIME B
94.3%
of words eliminated

How CLIME performs

Played first, CLIME removes about 94.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.10 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #1,785 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, CLIME left an average of 134 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 378 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCLIME
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green39.0%
Any green or yellow84.0%
Whole row gray16.0%
Worst case answers left378

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