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SEXOR C
93.9%
of words eliminated

How SEXOR performs

Played first, SEXOR removes about 93.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.72 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #5,013 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, SEXOR left an average of 145 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 12, 2026, when the answer was CLACK and 362 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSEXOR
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green36.3%
Any green or yellow84.6%
Whole row gray15.4%
Worst case answers left362

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