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SECHS F
88.1%
of words eliminated

How SECHS performs

Played first, SECHS removes about 88.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.99 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #11,569 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, SECHS left an average of 281 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 11, 2026, when the answer was AVIAN and 596 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSECHS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green29.7%
Any green or yellow74.7%
Whole row gray25.3%
Worst case answers left596

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