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EVADE C
89.4%
of words eliminated

How EVADE performs

Played first, EVADE removes about 89.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.20 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #10,055 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 32% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, EVADE left an average of 243 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 598 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeEVADE
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green32.0%
Any green or yellow74.6%
Whole row gray25.4%
Worst case answers left598

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