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FETID C
92.1%
of words eliminated

How FETID performs

Played first, FETID removes about 92.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.65 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #5,678 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 28% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, FETID left an average of 184 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 448 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeFETID
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green28.4%
Any green or yellow81.0%
Whole row gray19.0%
Worst case answers left448

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