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QUEME F
83.3%
of words eliminated

How QUEME performs

Played first, QUEME removes about 83.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.51 bits of information. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, QUEME left an average of 390 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 830 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeQUEME
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green33.5%
Any green or yellow64.8%
Whole row gray35.2%
Worst case answers left830

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