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EMMET F
85.2%
of words eliminated

How EMMET performs

Played first, EMMET removes about 85.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.65 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #13,326 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, EMMET left an average of 341 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 731 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeEMMET
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green28.3%
Any green or yellow69.0%
Whole row gray31.0%
Worst case answers left731

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