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SEISE C
90.2%
of words eliminated

How SEISE performs

Played first, SEISE removes about 90.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.32 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, SEISE left an average of 234 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 592 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSEISE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green48.8%
Any green or yellow74.9%
Whole row gray25.1%
Worst case answers left592

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