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VIBEY C
89.5%
of words eliminated

How VIBEY performs

Played first, VIBEY removes about 89.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.14 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #10,486 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, VIBEY left an average of 251 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 515 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeVIBEY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green36.6%
Any green or yellow78.2%
Whole row gray21.8%
Worst case answers left515

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