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REPLA B
95.6%
of words eliminated

How REPLA performs

Played first, REPLA removes about 95.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.23 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, REPLA left an average of 104 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 274 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeREPLA
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green23.7%
Any green or yellow88.4%
Whole row gray11.6%
Worst case answers left274

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