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VEALE C
92.0%
of words eliminated

How VEALE performs

Played first, VEALE removes about 92.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.67 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, VEALE left an average of 183 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 514 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeVEALE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green40.7%
Any green or yellow78.2%
Whole row gray21.8%
Worst case answers left514

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