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WEEDS F
86.7%
of words eliminated

How WEEDS performs

Played first, WEEDS removes about 86.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.95 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #11,836 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, WEEDS left an average of 314 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 685 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeWEEDS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green24.1%
Any green or yellow70.9%
Whole row gray29.1%
Worst case answers left685

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