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SERRA B
94.5%
of words eliminated

How SERRA performs

Played first, SERRA removes about 94.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.98 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, SERRA left an average of 130 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 336 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSERRA
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green35.5%
Any green or yellow85.8%
Whole row gray14.2%
Worst case answers left336

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