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REDIF C
92.5%
of words eliminated

How REDIF performs

Played first, REDIF removes about 92.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.67 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #5,422 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, REDIF left an average of 176 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 425 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeREDIF
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green22.4%
Any green or yellow82.0%
Whole row gray18.0%
Worst case answers left425

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