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WUSES F
87.4%
of words eliminated

How WUSES performs

Played first, WUSES removes about 87.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.85 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #12,433 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 1,858 past Wordle answers, WUSES left an average of 301 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 612 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeWUSES
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green27.5%
Any green or yellow74.0%
Whole row gray26.0%
Worst case answers left612

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