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ENTER B
93.5%
of words eliminated

How ENTER performs

Played first, ENTER removes about 93.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.81 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #4,191 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 25% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, ENTER left an average of 150 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 15, 2026, when the answer was PSHAW and 404 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeENTER
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green25.0%
Any green or yellow82.9%
Whole row gray17.1%
Worst case answers left404

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