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FUGUE F
83.6%
of words eliminated

How FUGUE performs

Played first, FUGUE removes about 83.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.58 bits of information. Roughly 34% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, FUGUE left an average of 383 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 751 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeFUGUE
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green34.0%
Any green or yellow68.2%
Whole row gray31.8%
Worst case answers left751

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