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LIKED C
92.4%
of words eliminated

How LIKED performs

Played first, LIKED removes about 92.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.63 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #5,852 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, LIKED left an average of 177 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 444 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeLIKED
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green27.0%
Any green or yellow81.2%
Whole row gray18.8%
Worst case answers left444

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