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VESTS F
88.0%
of words eliminated

How VESTS performs

Played first, VESTS removes about 88.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.89 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #12,194 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, VESTS left an average of 283 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 607 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeVESTS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green21.0%
Any green or yellow74.3%
Whole row gray25.7%
Worst case answers left607

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