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EMMYS F
85.2%
of words eliminated

How EMMYS performs

Played first, EMMYS removes about 85.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.44 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, EMMYS left an average of 358 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 587 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeEMMYS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green8.8%
Any green or yellow76.2%
Whole row gray23.8%
Worst case answers left587

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