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WIFES C
90.9%
of words eliminated

How WIFES performs

Played first, WIFES removes about 90.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.32 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #8,969 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, WIFES left an average of 218 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 471 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeWIFES
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green25.4%
Any green or yellow80.0%
Whole row gray20.0%
Worst case answers left471

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