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EMBED F
84.0%
of words eliminated

How EMBED performs

Played first, EMBED removes about 84.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.75 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #12,905 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 23% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, EMBED left an average of 370 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 805 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeEMBED
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green23.2%
Any green or yellow65.9%
Whole row gray34.1%
Worst case answers left805

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