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QUINA C
89.1%
of words eliminated

How QUINA performs

Played first, QUINA removes about 89.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.02 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #11,345 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, QUINA left an average of 260 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 17, 2026, when the answer was LEGAL and 527 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeQUINA
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green26.3%
Any green or yellow80.7%
Whole row gray19.3%
Worst case answers left527

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