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FACTO C
92.5%
of words eliminated

How FACTO performs

Played first, FACTO removes about 92.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.63 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #5,895 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, FACTO left an average of 172 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 426 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeFACTO
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green25.9%
Any green or yellow81.9%
Whole row gray18.1%
Worst case answers left426

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