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SAUTE A
96.4%
of words eliminated

How SAUTE performs

Played first, SAUTE removes about 96.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.63 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #88 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 48% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, SAUTE left an average of 86 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on June 15, 2026, when the answer was BROIL and 229 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSAUTE
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green47.6%
Any green or yellow90.3%
Whole row gray9.7%
Worst case answers left229

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