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CLOUD C
91.3%
of words eliminated

How CLOUD performs

Played first, CLOUD removes about 91.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.65 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #5,667 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 30% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, CLOUD left an average of 201 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 15, 2026, when the answer was PSHAW and 569 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCLOUD
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green30.2%
Any green or yellow75.9%
Whole row gray24.1%
Worst case answers left569

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