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WOUND C
87.3%
of words eliminated

How WOUND performs

Played first, WOUND removes about 87.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.20 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #10,017 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 29% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, WOUND left an average of 297 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 17, 2026, when the answer was LEGAL and 750 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeWOUND
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green29.3%
Any green or yellow68.2%
Whole row gray31.8%
Worst case answers left750

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