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EXECS F
84.9%
of words eliminated

How EXECS performs

Played first, EXECS removes about 84.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.57 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #13,605 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, EXECS left an average of 354 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 682 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeEXECS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green17.7%
Any green or yellow71.1%
Whole row gray28.9%
Worst case answers left682

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