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LICHT C
91.8%
of words eliminated

How LICHT performs

Played first, LICHT removes about 91.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.62 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #5,915 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, LICHT left an average of 190 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 9, 2026, when the answer was AMEND and 526 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeLICHT
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green23.8%
Any green or yellow77.7%
Whole row gray22.3%
Worst case answers left526

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