Opener Lab

Compare SAULS

Pick a word to compare against.

SAULS C
91.1%
of words eliminated

How SAULS performs

Played first, SAULS removes about 91.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.44 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, SAULS left an average of 214 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 545 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSAULS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green38.7%
Any green or yellow76.9%
Whole row gray23.1%
Worst case answers left545

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