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EXTOL C
92.0%
of words eliminated

How EXTOL performs

Played first, EXTOL removes about 92.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.37 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #8,473 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 18% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, EXTOL left an average of 184 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 403 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeEXTOL
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green18.5%
Any green or yellow85.2%
Whole row gray14.8%
Worst case answers left403

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