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WEISE C
91.6%
of words eliminated

How WEISE performs

Played first, WEISE removes about 91.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.56 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #6,512 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, WEISE left an average of 199 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 531 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeWEISE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green41.0%
Any green or yellow77.5%
Whole row gray22.5%
Worst case answers left531

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