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WITHS C
88.4%
of words eliminated

How WITHS performs

Played first, WITHS removes about 88.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.18 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #10,178 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 1,877 past Wordle answers, WITHS left an average of 279 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on August 3, 2026, when the answer was REPLY and 685 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeWITHS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green17.8%
Any green or yellow71.0%
Whole row gray29.0%
Worst case answers left685

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