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SHOOL C
89.1%
of words eliminated

How SHOOL performs

Played first, SHOOL removes about 89.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.30 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #9,154 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, SHOOL left an average of 254 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 647 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSHOOL
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green35.7%
Any green or yellow72.6%
Whole row gray27.4%
Worst case answers left647

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