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LETTY C
91.2%
of words eliminated

How LETTY performs

Played first, LETTY removes about 91.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.34 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, LETTY left an average of 207 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 408 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeLETTY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green33.0%
Any green or yellow82.8%
Whole row gray17.2%
Worst case answers left408

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