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NEIGH C
92.1%
of words eliminated

How NEIGH performs

Played first, NEIGH removes about 92.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.65 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #5,649 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 30% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, NEIGH left an average of 184 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 13, 2026, when the answer was STOUT and 446 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeNEIGH
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green29.5%
Any green or yellow81.1%
Whole row gray18.9%
Worst case answers left446

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