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FLUME C
91.1%
of words eliminated

How FLUME performs

Played first, FLUME removes about 91.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.49 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #7,282 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 35% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, FLUME left an average of 208 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 515 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeFLUME
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green34.6%
Any green or yellow78.2%
Whole row gray21.8%
Worst case answers left515

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