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WHOMP F
81.8%
of words eliminated

How WHOMP performs

Played first, WHOMP removes about 81.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.68 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #13,194 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, WHOMP left an average of 425 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 924 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeWHOMP
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green21.2%
Any green or yellow60.8%
Whole row gray39.2%
Worst case answers left924

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