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VITEX F
88.7%
of words eliminated

How VITEX performs

Played first, VITEX removes about 88.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.99 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, VITEX left an average of 265 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 586 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeVITEX
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green25.1%
Any green or yellow75.2%
Whole row gray24.8%
Worst case answers left586

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