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YOKER C
93.5%
of words eliminated

How YOKER performs

Played first, YOKER removes about 93.5% 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, YOKER left an average of 155 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 17, 2026, when the answer was LEGAL and 342 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeYOKER
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green26.4%
Any green or yellow86.4%
Whole row gray13.6%
Worst case answers left342

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