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YEALM B
94.1%
of words eliminated

How YEALM performs

Played first, YEALM removes about 94.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.94 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #2,962 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, YEALM left an average of 140 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 343 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeYEALM
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green29.0%
Any green or yellow86.5%
Whole row gray13.5%
Worst case answers left343

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