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FOOTY F
84.0%
of words eliminated

How FOOTY performs

Played first, FOOTY removes about 84.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.78 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #12,758 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, FOOTY left an average of 381 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 828 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeFOOTY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green40.1%
Any green or yellow64.9%
Whole row gray35.1%
Worst case answers left828

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