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FETAL B
94.6%
of words eliminated

How FETAL performs

Played first, FETAL removes about 94.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.09 bits of information. Roughly 28% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, FETAL left an average of 124 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 294 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeFETAL
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green28.5%
Any green or yellow87.5%
Whole row gray12.5%
Worst case answers left294

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