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ETHER C
92.1%
of words eliminated

How ETHER performs

Played first, ETHER removes about 92.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.53 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #6,861 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 22% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, ETHER left an average of 181 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 12, 2026, when the answer was CLACK and 479 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeETHER
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green22.2%
Any green or yellow79.7%
Whole row gray20.3%
Worst case answers left479

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