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LINNY C
87.0%
of words eliminated

How LINNY performs

Played first, LINNY removes about 87.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.00 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #11,505 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, LINNY left an average of 314 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 718 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeLINNY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green34.7%
Any green or yellow69.6%
Whole row gray30.4%
Worst case answers left718

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