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FELTY C
92.2%
of words eliminated

How FELTY performs

Played first, FELTY removes about 92.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.59 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #6,225 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, FELTY left an average of 185 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 378 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeFELTY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green33.8%
Any green or yellow84.2%
Whole row gray15.8%
Worst case answers left378

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