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YORKS C
91.1%
of words eliminated

How YORKS performs

Played first, YORKS removes about 91.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.36 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #8,557 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, YORKS left an average of 214 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 17, 2026, when the answer was LEGAL and 503 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeYORKS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green21.5%
Any green or yellow78.7%
Whole row gray21.3%
Worst case answers left503

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