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FELON B
93.5%
of words eliminated

How FELON performs

Played first, FELON removes about 93.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.80 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #4,212 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 27% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, FELON left an average of 152 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 15, 2026, when the answer was PSHAW and 352 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeFELON
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green27.4%
Any green or yellow85.1%
Whole row gray14.9%
Worst case answers left352

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