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TOMME C
91.5%
of words eliminated

How TOMME performs

Played first, TOMME removes about 91.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.35 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #8,626 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, TOMME left an average of 194 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 454 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeTOMME
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green36.7%
Any green or yellow80.7%
Whole row gray19.3%
Worst case answers left454

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