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How FAKEY performs
Played first, FAKEY removes about 91.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.30 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #9,117 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 1,859 past Wordle answers, FAKEY left an average of 206 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 401 candidates survived.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | FAKEY |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0% |
| At least one green | 40.2% |
| Any green or yellow | 83.0% |
| Whole row gray | 17.0% |
| Worst case answers left | 401 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.