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FLYER C
93.3%
of words eliminated

How FLYER performs

Played first, FLYER removes about 93.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.70 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #5,164 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, FLYER left an average of 160 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 355 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeFLYER
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green28.6%
Any green or yellow84.9%
Whole row gray15.1%
Worst case answers left355

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