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YAPON C
92.6%
of words eliminated

How YAPON performs

Played first, YAPON removes about 92.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.64 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, YAPON left an average of 178 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 422 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeYAPON
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green23.6%
Any green or yellow82.1%
Whole row gray17.9%
Worst case answers left422

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