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RYMER C
89.4%
of words eliminated

How RYMER performs

Played first, RYMER removes about 89.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.08 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #10,895 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, RYMER left an average of 253 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 516 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeRYMER
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green22.4%
Any green or yellow78.1%
Whole row gray21.9%
Worst case answers left516

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