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SHUCK F
83.5%
of words eliminated

How SHUCK performs

Played first, SHUCK removes about 83.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.00 bits of information. Roughly 31% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, SHUCK left an average of 388 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 891 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSHUCK
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green31.3%
Any green or yellow62.2%
Whole row gray37.8%
Worst case answers left891

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