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FONTS C
91.5%
of words eliminated

How FONTS performs

Played first, FONTS removes about 91.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.58 bits of information. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, FONTS left an average of 199 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 543 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeFONTS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green27.7%
Any green or yellow77.0%
Whole row gray23.0%
Worst case answers left543

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