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SAVEY C
93.9%
of words eliminated

How SAVEY performs

Played first, SAVEY removes about 93.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.80 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, SAVEY left an average of 146 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 339 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSAVEY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green48.9%
Any green or yellow85.6%
Whole row gray14.4%
Worst case answers left339

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