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SAWER B
95.5%
of words eliminated

How SAWER performs

Played first, SAWER removes about 95.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.26 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, SAWER left an average of 106 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 308 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSAWER
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green40.3%
Any green or yellow86.9%
Whole row gray13.1%
Worst case answers left308

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