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WETLY C
92.4%
of words eliminated

How WETLY performs

Played first, WETLY removes about 92.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.60 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #6,178 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, WETLY left an average of 180 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 370 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeWETLY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green33.7%
Any green or yellow84.7%
Whole row gray15.3%
Worst case answers left370

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