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Compare TWITE

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TWITE C
90.4%
of words eliminated

How TWITE performs

Played first, TWITE removes about 90.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.33 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, TWITE left an average of 223 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 540 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeTWITE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green35.8%
Any green or yellow77.1%
Whole row gray22.9%
Worst case answers left540

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