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REVOW C
90.6%
of words eliminated

How REVOW performs

Played first, REVOW removes about 90.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.27 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #9,363 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, REVOW left an average of 219 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 12, 2026, when the answer was CLACK and 500 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeREVOW
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green19.9%
Any green or yellow78.8%
Whole row gray21.2%
Worst case answers left500

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