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RENEW C
90.4%
of words eliminated

How RENEW performs

Played first, RENEW removes about 90.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.42 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #7,964 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 30% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, RENEW left an average of 222 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 563 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeRENEW
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green29.6%
Any green or yellow76.1%
Whole row gray23.9%
Worst case answers left563

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