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WITCH C
87.3%
of words eliminated

How WITCH performs

Played first, WITCH removes about 87.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.17 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #10,291 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, WITCH left an average of 298 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 17, 2026, when the answer was LEGAL and 723 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeWITCH
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green23.7%
Any green or yellow69.3%
Whole row gray30.7%
Worst case answers left723

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