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FITTE C
90.1%
of words eliminated

How FITTE performs

Played first, FITTE removes about 90.1% 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, FITTE left an average of 230 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 548 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeFITTE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green36.2%
Any green or yellow76.8%
Whole row gray23.2%
Worst case answers left548

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