Opener Lab
Compare SCALY
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How SCALY performs
Played first, SCALY removes about 93.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.91 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #3,161 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 42% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, SCALY left an average of 153 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 437 candidates survived.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | SCALY |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 42.2% |
| Any green or yellow | 81.5% |
| Whole row gray | 18.5% |
| Worst case answers left | 437 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.