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FILLE C
89.9%
of words eliminated

How FILLE performs

Played first, FILLE removes about 89.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.32 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, FILLE left an average of 236 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 555 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeFILLE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green37.3%
Any green or yellow76.5%
Whole row gray23.5%
Worst case answers left555

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