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REJIG C
90.9%
of words eliminated

How REJIG performs

Played first, REJIG removes about 90.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.19 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, REJIG left an average of 214 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 470 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeREJIG
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green20.8%
Any green or yellow80.1%
Whole row gray19.9%
Worst case answers left470

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