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WHINE C
92.2%
of words eliminated

How WHINE performs

Played first, WHINE removes about 92.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.69 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #5,310 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 36% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, WHINE left an average of 182 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 13, 2026, when the answer was STOUT and 460 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeWHINE
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green36.5%
Any green or yellow80.5%
Whole row gray19.5%
Worst case answers left460

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