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LEMMA C
90.5%
of words eliminated

How LEMMA performs

Played first, LEMMA removes about 90.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.18 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, LEMMA left an average of 220 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 441 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeLEMMA
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green20.0%
Any green or yellow81.3%
Whole row gray18.7%
Worst case answers left441

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