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TENNY C
90.6%
of words eliminated

How TENNY performs

Played first, TENNY removes about 90.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.28 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #9,324 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, TENNY left an average of 222 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 440 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeTENNY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green38.9%
Any green or yellow81.6%
Whole row gray18.4%
Worst case answers left440

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