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CYTES B
94.4%
of words eliminated

How CYTES performs

Played first, CYTES removes about 94.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.84 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #3,875 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, CYTES left an average of 135 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 11, 2026, when the answer was AVIAN and 298 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCYTES
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green27.0%
Any green or yellow87.4%
Whole row gray12.6%
Worst case answers left298

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