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SESSA F
88.4%
of words eliminated

How SESSA performs

Played first, SESSA removes about 88.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.77 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, SESSA left an average of 276 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 507 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSESSA
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green36.6%
Any green or yellow78.5%
Whole row gray21.5%
Worst case answers left507

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