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FLOWN C
87.2%
of words eliminated

How FLOWN performs

Played first, FLOWN removes about 87.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.06 bits of information. Roughly 26% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, FLOWN left an average of 300 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 716 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeFLOWN
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green25.6%
Any green or yellow69.6%
Whole row gray30.4%
Worst case answers left716

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