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CREPY C
93.0%
of words eliminated

How CREPY performs

Played first, CREPY removes about 93.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.78 bits of information. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, CREPY left an average of 167 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 368 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCREPY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green38.4%
Any green or yellow84.4%
Whole row gray15.6%
Worst case answers left368

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