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TENDU C
93.4%
of words eliminated

How TENDU performs

Played first, TENDU removes about 93.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.79 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #4,313 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, TENDU left an average of 153 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 15, 2026, when the answer was PSHAW and 386 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeTENDU
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green23.2%
Any green or yellow83.6%
Whole row gray16.4%
Worst case answers left386

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