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EVERT C
90.2%
of words eliminated

How EVERT performs

Played first, EVERT removes about 90.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.29 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #9,252 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, EVERT left an average of 225 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 15, 2026, when the answer was PSHAW and 559 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeEVERT
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green24.3%
Any green or yellow76.3%
Whole row gray23.7%
Worst case answers left559

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