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RELIC B
95.5%
of words eliminated

How RELIC performs

Played first, RELIC removes about 95.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.16 bits of information. Roughly 23% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, RELIC left an average of 106 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 259 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeRELIC
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green22.8%
Any green or yellow89.0%
Whole row gray11.0%
Worst case answers left259

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