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YACCA F
80.4%
of words eliminated

How YACCA performs

Played first, YACCA removes about 80.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.27 bits of information. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, YACCA left an average of 466 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 908 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeYACCA
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green23.1%
Any green or yellow61.5%
Whole row gray38.5%
Worst case answers left908

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