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How SHEER performs
Played first, SHEER removes about 92.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.82 bits of information. Roughly 38% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, SHEER left an average of 171 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 12, 2026, when the answer was CLACK and 468 candidates survived.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | SHEER |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 37.9% |
| Any green or yellow | 80.2% |
| Whole row gray | 19.8% |
| Worst case answers left | 468 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.