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EENSY C
91.4%
of words eliminated

How EENSY performs

Played first, EENSY removes about 91.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.42 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #7,953 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, EENSY left an average of 207 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 462 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeEENSY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green35.9%
Any green or yellow80.4%
Whole row gray19.6%
Worst case answers left462

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