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EBENA C
90.8%
of words eliminated

How EBENA performs

Played first, EBENA removes about 90.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.27 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #9,348 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, EBENA left an average of 213 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 13, 2026, when the answer was STOUT and 470 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeEBENA
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green20.5%
Any green or yellow80.1%
Whole row gray19.9%
Worst case answers left470

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