Opener Lab

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SETHS C
89.7%
of words eliminated

How SETHS performs

Played first, SETHS removes about 89.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.25 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, SETHS left an average of 242 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 12, 2026, when the answer was CLACK and 545 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSETHS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green32.0%
Any green or yellow76.9%
Whole row gray23.1%
Worst case answers left545

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