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TEMED C
90.1%
of words eliminated

How TEMED performs

Played first, TEMED removes about 90.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.40 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #8,197 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, TEMED left an average of 227 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 588 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeTEMED
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green33.1%
Any green or yellow75.1%
Whole row gray24.9%
Worst case answers left588

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