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QUEYS F
88.1%
of words eliminated

How QUEYS performs

Played first, QUEYS removes about 88.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.75 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #12,892 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, QUEYS left an average of 290 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 522 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeQUEYS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green16.8%
Any green or yellow79.1%
Whole row gray20.9%
Worst case answers left522

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