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RHYME C
93.0%
of words eliminated

How RHYME performs

Played first, RHYME removes about 93.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.60 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #6,170 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, RHYME left an average of 166 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 13, 2026, when the answer was STOUT and 390 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeRHYME
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green29.6%
Any green or yellow83.5%
Whole row gray16.5%
Worst case answers left390

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