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SEPAL B
95.2%
of words eliminated

How SEPAL performs

Played first, SEPAL removes about 95.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.32 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #667 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, SEPAL left an average of 115 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 294 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSEPAL
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green35.1%
Any green or yellow87.5%
Whole row gray12.5%
Worst case answers left294

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