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YETIS B
94.7%
of words eliminated

How YETIS performs

Played first, YETIS removes about 94.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.92 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, YETIS left an average of 128 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 9, 2026, when the answer was AMEND and 297 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeYETIS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green21.8%
Any green or yellow88.2%
Whole row gray11.8%
Worst case answers left297

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