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YENTA B
95.1%
of words eliminated

How YENTA performs

Played first, YENTA removes about 95.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.04 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, YENTA left an average of 116 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 279 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeYENTA
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green22.7%
Any green or yellow90.9%
Whole row gray9.1%
Worst case answers left279

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