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FEIGN C
90.4%
of words eliminated

How FEIGN performs

Played first, FEIGN removes about 90.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.52 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #6,990 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 33% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, FEIGN left an average of 226 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 525 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeFEIGN
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green32.7%
Any green or yellow77.7%
Whole row gray22.3%
Worst case answers left525

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