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EVITE C
90.1%
of words eliminated

How EVITE performs

Played first, EVITE removes about 90.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.32 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, EVITE left an average of 228 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 589 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeEVITE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green33.0%
Any green or yellow75.0%
Whole row gray25.0%
Worst case answers left589

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