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How WIGHT performs
Played first, WIGHT removes about 86.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.98 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #11,650 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 24% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, WIGHT left an average of 315 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 12, 2026, when the answer was CLACK and 753 candidates survived.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | WIGHT |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 23.8% |
| Any green or yellow | 68.1% |
| Whole row gray | 31.9% |
| Worst case answers left | 753 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.