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WREAK C
92.7%
of words eliminated

How WREAK performs

Played first, WREAK removes about 92.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.64 bits of information. Roughly 28% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, WREAK left an average of 171 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 399 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeWREAK
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green28.1%
Any green or yellow83.1%
Whole row gray16.9%
Worst case answers left399

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