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WHORE B
93.4%
of words eliminated

How WHORE performs

Played first, WHORE removes about 93.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.87 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #3,542 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, WHORE left an average of 150 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 12, 2026, when the answer was CLACK and 413 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeWHORE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green35.8%
Any green or yellow82.5%
Whole row gray17.5%
Worst case answers left413

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