Opener Lab
Compare WIMPY
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How WIMPY performs
Played first, WIMPY removes about 82.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.66 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #13,283 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 28% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, WIMPY left an average of 424 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 887 candidates survived.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | WIMPY |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 28.1% |
| Any green or yellow | 62.4% |
| Whole row gray | 37.6% |
| Worst case answers left | 887 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.