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WHINY C
86.6%
of words eliminated

How WHINY performs

Played first, WHINY removes about 86.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.07 bits of information. Roughly 37% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, WHINY left an average of 321 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 17, 2026, when the answer was LEGAL and 760 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeWHINY
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green36.6%
Any green or yellow67.8%
Whole row gray32.2%
Worst case answers left760

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