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EXTRA C
93.4%
of words eliminated

How EXTRA performs

Played first, EXTRA removes about 93.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.55 bits of information. Roughly 16% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, EXTRA left an average of 152 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 340 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeEXTRA
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green16.2%
Any green or yellow85.6%
Whole row gray14.4%
Worst case answers left340

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