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JEWIE F
85.0%
of words eliminated

How JEWIE performs

Played first, JEWIE removes about 85.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.55 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #13,648 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, JEWIE left an average of 350 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 766 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeJEWIE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green34.3%
Any green or yellow67.5%
Whole row gray32.5%
Worst case answers left766

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