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ELOPE C
92.6%
of words eliminated

How ELOPE performs

Played first, ELOPE removes about 92.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.65 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #5,635 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 35% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, ELOPE left an average of 173 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 458 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeELOPE
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green34.8%
Any green or yellow80.6%
Whole row gray19.4%
Worst case answers left458

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