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WEEKS F
84.5%
of words eliminated

How WEEKS performs

Played first, WEEKS removes about 84.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.72 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #13,069 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, WEEKS left an average of 364 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 755 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeWEEKS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green23.7%
Any green or yellow68.0%
Whole row gray32.0%
Worst case answers left755

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