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REEFY C
89.3%
of words eliminated

How REEFY performs

Played first, REEFY removes about 89.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.14 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #10,510 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 1,859 past Wordle answers, REEFY left an average of 256 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 556 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeREEFY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green34.4%
Any green or yellow76.4%
Whole row gray23.6%
Worst case answers left556

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