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YADDA F
78.4%
of words eliminated

How YADDA performs

Played first, YADDA removes about 78.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.13 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #14,507 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, YADDA left an average of 516 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 962 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeYADDA
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green20.4%
Any green or yellow59.2%
Whole row gray40.8%
Worst case answers left962

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