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WOMAN C
90.2%
of words eliminated

How WOMAN performs

Played first, WOMAN removes about 90.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.37 bits of information. Roughly 27% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, WOMAN left an average of 227 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 531 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeWOMAN
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green27.0%
Any green or yellow77.5%
Whole row gray22.5%
Worst case answers left531

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