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JARPS C
90.7%
of words eliminated

How JARPS performs

Played first, JARPS removes about 90.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.20 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #9,974 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, JARPS left an average of 223 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 517 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeJARPS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green23.0%
Any green or yellow78.1%
Whole row gray21.9%
Worst case answers left517

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