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SKEEF F
86.0%
of words eliminated

How SKEEF performs

Played first, SKEEF removes about 86.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.87 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #12,290 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, SKEEF left an average of 329 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 737 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSKEEF
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green33.0%
Any green or yellow68.7%
Whole row gray31.3%
Worst case answers left737

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