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Compare SEGAS

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SEGAS C
91.8%
of words eliminated

How SEGAS performs

Played first, SEGAS removes about 91.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.40 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, SEGAS left an average of 195 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 412 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSEGAS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green34.0%
Any green or yellow82.5%
Whole row gray17.5%
Worst case answers left412

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