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ELVEN C
88.8%
of words eliminated

How ELVEN performs

Played first, ELVEN removes about 88.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.18 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #10,143 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, ELVEN left an average of 261 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 614 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeELVEN
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green27.9%
Any green or yellow74.0%
Whole row gray26.0%
Worst case answers left614

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