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RESTY B
95.2%
of words eliminated

How RESTY performs

Played first, RESTY removes about 95.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.11 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, RESTY left an average of 116 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 12, 2026, when the answer was CLACK and 256 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeRESTY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green31.5%
Any green or yellow89.1%
Whole row gray10.9%
Worst case answers left256

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