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LEETS C
93.2%
of words eliminated

How LEETS performs

Played first, LEETS removes about 93.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.78 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, LEETS left an average of 160 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 416 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeLEETS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green26.7%
Any green or yellow82.4%
Whole row gray17.6%
Worst case answers left416

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