Opener Lab
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How SAINT performs
Played first, SAINT removes about 95.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.51 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #215 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 47% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, SAINT left an average of 108 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 1, 2026, when the answer was DEMUR and 350 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | SAINT |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 46.6% |
| Any green or yellow | 85.2% |
| Whole row gray | 14.8% |
| Worst case answers left | 350 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.
Planning the second guess
All five letters miss 14.8% of the time, leaving 350 words in play. Of the 850 follow-ups checked here, DROLE leaves the fewest possible answers on average (8.2).