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SAYID B
93.7%
of words eliminated

How SAYID performs

Played first, SAYID removes about 93.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.84 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, SAYID left an average of 153 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 384 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSAYID
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green37.2%
Any green or yellow83.7%
Whole row gray16.3%
Worst case answers left384

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