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SENSU C
90.7%
of words eliminated

How SENSU performs

Played first, SENSU removes about 90.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.27 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, SENSU left an average of 222 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 489 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSENSU
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green36.3%
Any green or yellow79.3%
Whole row gray20.7%
Worst case answers left489

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