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SILKY C
90.4%
of words eliminated

How SILKY performs

Played first, SILKY removes about 90.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.41 bits of information. Roughly 39% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, SILKY left an average of 235 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 582 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSILKY
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green39.3%
Any green or yellow75.3%
Whole row gray24.7%
Worst case answers left582

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