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FLESH C
91.9%
of words eliminated

How FLESH performs

Played first, FLESH removes about 91.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.62 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #5,923 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 29% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, FLESH left an average of 188 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 11, 2026, when the answer was AVIAN and 431 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeFLESH
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green28.8%
Any green or yellow81.7%
Whole row gray18.3%
Worst case answers left431

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