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Compare VOGUE
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How VOGUE performs
Played first, VOGUE removes about 90.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.33 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #8,798 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 35% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, VOGUE left an average of 221 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 15, 2026, when the answer was PSHAW and 471 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | VOGUE |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 34.6% |
| Any green or yellow | 80.0% |
| Whole row gray | 20.0% |
| Worst case answers left | 471 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.