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Compare SAYER

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SAYER A
96.5%
of words eliminated

How SAYER performs

Played first, SAYER removes about 96.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.48 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, SAYER left an average of 85 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 215 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSAYER
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green40.5%
Any green or yellow90.9%
Whole row gray9.1%
Worst case answers left215

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