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WITHE C
92.7%
of words eliminated

How WITHE performs

Played first, WITHE removes about 92.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.67 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #5,517 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, WITHE left an average of 169 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 12, 2026, when the answer was CLACK and 427 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeWITHE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green32.3%
Any green or yellow81.9%
Whole row gray18.1%
Worst case answers left427

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