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FEVER F
85.7%
of words eliminated

How FEVER performs

Played first, FEVER removes about 85.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.93 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #11,954 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 30% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, FEVER left an average of 331 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 745 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeFEVER
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green30.4%
Any green or yellow68.4%
Whole row gray31.6%
Worst case answers left745

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