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VEENA C
90.3%
of words eliminated

How VEENA performs

Played first, VEENA removes about 90.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.27 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #9,404 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, VEENA left an average of 225 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 519 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeVEENA
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green28.0%
Any green or yellow78.0%
Whole row gray22.0%
Worst case answers left519

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