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WORDY C
88.5%
of words eliminated

How WORDY performs

Played first, WORDY removes about 88.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.26 bits of information. Roughly 33% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, WORDY left an average of 274 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 657 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeWORDY
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green32.9%
Any green or yellow72.1%
Whole row gray27.9%
Worst case answers left657

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