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WIGGA F
82.5%
of words eliminated

How WIGGA performs

Played first, WIGGA removes about 82.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.40 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #14,086 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, WIGGA left an average of 414 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 715 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeWIGGA
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green18.3%
Any green or yellow69.7%
Whole row gray30.3%
Worst case answers left715

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