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How SHEAR performs
Played first, SHEAR removes about 96.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.45 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #314 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 36% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, SHEAR left an average of 95 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 6, 2026, when the answer was TODDY and 246 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | SHEAR |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 36.5% |
| Any green or yellow | 89.6% |
| Whole row gray | 10.4% |
| Worst case answers left | 246 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.