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Compare TWILT

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TWILT C
87.0%
of words eliminated

How TWILT performs

Played first, TWILT removes about 87.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.06 bits of information. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, TWILT left an average of 304 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 732 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeTWILT
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green31.6%
Any green or yellow69.0%
Whole row gray31.0%
Worst case answers left732

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