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Compare QUIRE

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QUIRE C
93.5%
of words eliminated

How QUIRE performs

Played first, QUIRE removes about 93.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.59 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, QUIRE left an average of 153 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 357 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeQUIRE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green37.2%
Any green or yellow84.9%
Whole row gray15.1%
Worst case answers left357

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