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FEARE B
93.4%
of words eliminated

How FEARE performs

Played first, FEARE removes about 93.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.90 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #3,292 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, FEARE left an average of 149 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 445 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeFEARE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green42.1%
Any green or yellow81.1%
Whole row gray18.9%
Worst case answers left445

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