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FLEME C
87.9%
of words eliminated

How FLEME performs

Played first, FLEME removes about 87.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.14 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #10,475 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, FLEME left an average of 279 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 685 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeFLEME
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green36.0%
Any green or yellow70.9%
Whole row gray29.1%
Worst case answers left685

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