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WEENY C
87.5%
of words eliminated

How WEENY performs

Played first, WEENY removes about 87.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.02 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, WEENY left an average of 298 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 635 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeWEENY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green39.0%
Any green or yellow73.1%
Whole row gray26.9%
Worst case answers left635

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