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SCULP C
89.7%
of words eliminated

How SCULP performs

Played first, SCULP removes about 89.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.46 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #7,590 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, SCULP left an average of 247 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 634 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSCULP
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green27.7%
Any green or yellow73.1%
Whole row gray26.9%
Worst case answers left634

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