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SIMPS F
82.5%
of words eliminated

How SIMPS performs

Played first, SIMPS removes about 82.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.66 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #13,287 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, SIMPS left an average of 427 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 893 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSIMPS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green29.1%
Any green or yellow62.1%
Whole row gray37.9%
Worst case answers left893

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