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QUINT C
88.0%
of words eliminated

How QUINT performs

Played first, QUINT removes about 88.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.13 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, QUINT left an average of 283 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 17, 2026, when the answer was LEGAL and 707 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeQUINT
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green31.8%
Any green or yellow70.0%
Whole row gray30.0%
Worst case answers left707

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