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YAGIS C
92.8%
of words eliminated

How YAGIS performs

Played first, YAGIS removes about 92.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.55 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, YAGIS left an average of 175 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 410 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeYAGIS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green23.1%
Any green or yellow82.6%
Whole row gray17.4%
Worst case answers left410

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