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REPEG C
89.6%
of words eliminated

How REPEG performs

Played first, REPEG removes about 89.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.34 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, REPEG left an average of 246 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 613 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeREPEG
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green28.0%
Any green or yellow74.0%
Whole row gray26.0%
Worst case answers left613

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