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EMITS B
93.4%
of words eliminated

How EMITS performs

Played first, EMITS removes about 93.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.82 bits of information. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, EMITS left an average of 158 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 17, 2026, when the answer was LEGAL and 379 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeEMITS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green21.9%
Any green or yellow85.7%
Whole row gray14.3%
Worst case answers left379

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