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ELATE B
95.2%
of words eliminated

How ELATE performs

Played first, ELATE removes about 95.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.21 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #1,161 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 39% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, ELATE left an average of 108 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 328 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeELATE
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green39.1%
Any green or yellow86.1%
Whole row gray13.9%
Worst case answers left328

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