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CREAK B
94.1%
of words eliminated

How CREAK performs

Played first, CREAK removes about 94.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.01 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #2,405 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 31% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, CREAK left an average of 138 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 349 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCREAK
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green30.7%
Any green or yellow85.2%
Whole row gray14.8%
Worst case answers left349

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