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SCHAV C
88.4%
of words eliminated

How SCHAV performs

Played first, SCHAV removes about 88.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.04 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, SCHAV left an average of 272 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 16, 2026, when the answer was BUTTE and 635 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSCHAV
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green22.3%
Any green or yellow73.1%
Whole row gray26.9%
Worst case answers left635

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