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LIMPS C
89.8%
of words eliminated

How LIMPS performs

Played first, LIMPS removes about 89.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.32 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #8,927 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, LIMPS left an average of 247 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 598 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeLIMPS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green17.2%
Any green or yellow74.6%
Whole row gray25.4%
Worst case answers left598

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