Opener Lab

Compare SAPID

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SAPID B
93.2%
of words eliminated

How SAPID performs

Played first, SAPID removes about 93.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.83 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, SAPID left an average of 164 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 427 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSAPID
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green38.1%
Any green or yellow81.9%
Whole row gray18.1%
Worst case answers left427

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