Opener Lab
Compare FESTY
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How FESTY performs
Played first, FESTY removes about 92.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.54 bits of information. 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, FESTY left an average of 190 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 396 candidates survived.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | FESTY |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0% |
| At least one green | 33.1% |
| Any green or yellow | 83.2% |
| Whole row gray | 16.8% |
| Worst case answers left | 396 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.