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SCATT C
90.8%
of words eliminated

How SCATT performs

Played first, SCATT removes about 90.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.52 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, SCATT left an average of 217 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 570 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSCATT
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green38.4%
Any green or yellow75.8%
Whole row gray24.2%
Worst case answers left570

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