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TYEES C
92.5%
of words eliminated

How TYEES performs

Played first, TYEES removes about 92.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.54 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, TYEES left an average of 181 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 446 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeTYEES
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green27.0%
Any green or yellow81.1%
Whole row gray18.9%
Worst case answers left446

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