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Compare LINEN
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How LINEN performs
Played first, LINEN removes about 92.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.59 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #6,259 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 31% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, LINEN left an average of 184 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 439 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer 2 times.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | LINEN |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 30.9% |
| Any green or yellow | 81.4% |
| Whole row gray | 18.6% |
| Worst case answers left | 439 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.