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LEDES C
91.8%
of words eliminated

How LEDES performs

Played first, LEDES removes about 91.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.56 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #6,510 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, LEDES left an average of 192 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 500 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeLEDES
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green28.4%
Any green or yellow78.8%
Whole row gray21.2%
Worst case answers left500

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