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SILOS C
91.3%
of words eliminated

How SILOS performs

Played first, SILOS removes about 91.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.38 bits of information. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, SILOS left an average of 209 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 504 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSILOS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green32.9%
Any green or yellow78.6%
Whole row gray21.4%
Worst case answers left504

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