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SHMEK C
90.0%
of words eliminated

How SHMEK performs

Played first, SHMEK removes about 90.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.33 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #8,800 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, SHMEK left an average of 234 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 11, 2026, when the answer was AVIAN and 549 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSHMEK
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green36.2%
Any green or yellow76.7%
Whole row gray23.3%
Worst case answers left549

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