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RELAX C
94.1%
of words eliminated

How RELAX performs

Played first, RELAX removes about 94.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.74 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #4,738 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 22% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, RELAX left an average of 137 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 329 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeRELAX
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green22.5%
Any green or yellow86.0%
Whole row gray14.0%
Worst case answers left329

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