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WATTS C
87.9%
of words eliminated

How WATTS performs

Played first, WATTS removes about 87.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.03 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, WATTS left an average of 286 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 665 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeWATTS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green25.1%
Any green or yellow71.8%
Whole row gray28.2%
Worst case answers left665

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