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LEMES C
91.4%
of words eliminated

How LEMES performs

Played first, LEMES removes about 91.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.47 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #7,419 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, LEMES left an average of 202 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 517 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeLEMES
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green28.1%
Any green or yellow78.1%
Whole row gray21.9%
Worst case answers left517

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