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FILMI F
80.0%
of words eliminated

How FILMI performs

Played first, FILMI removes about 80.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.37 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #14,137 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, FILMI left an average of 475 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 949 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeFILMI
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green20.6%
Any green or yellow59.8%
Whole row gray40.2%
Worst case answers left949

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