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JOBED F
87.6%
of words eliminated

How JOBED performs

Played first, JOBED removes about 87.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.94 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, JOBED left an average of 286 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 610 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeJOBED
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green29.0%
Any green or yellow74.1%
Whole row gray25.9%
Worst case answers left610

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