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FRYER C
88.8%
of words eliminated

How FRYER performs

Played first, FRYER removes about 88.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.06 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, FRYER left an average of 268 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 556 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeFRYER
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green31.6%
Any green or yellow76.4%
Whole row gray23.6%
Worst case answers left556

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