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LIKER B
94.6%
of words eliminated

How LIKER performs

Played first, LIKER removes about 94.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.94 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, LIKER left an average of 127 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 299 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeLIKER
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green26.1%
Any green or yellow87.3%
Whole row gray12.7%
Worst case answers left299

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