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PATCH C
91.0%
of words eliminated

How PATCH performs

Played first, PATCH removes about 91.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.66 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #5,569 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 29% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, PATCH left an average of 209 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 566 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomePATCH
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green29.4%
Any green or yellow76.0%
Whole row gray24.0%
Worst case answers left566

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