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How SHIRE performs
Played first, SHIRE removes about 95.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.45 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #327 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 43% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, SHIRE left an average of 99 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 12, 2026, when the answer was CLACK and 280 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | SHIRE |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 42.7% |
| Any green or yellow | 88.1% |
| Whole row gray | 11.9% |
| Worst case answers left | 280 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.