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CUMIN C
88.7%
of words eliminated

How CUMIN performs

Played first, CUMIN removes about 88.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.40 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #8,210 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 27% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, CUMIN left an average of 268 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 693 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCUMIN
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green27.2%
Any green or yellow70.6%
Whole row gray29.4%
Worst case answers left693

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