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SKOLS F
86.3%
of words eliminated

How SKOLS performs

Played first, SKOLS removes about 86.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.83 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, SKOLS left an average of 326 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 735 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSKOLS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green30.0%
Any green or yellow68.8%
Whole row gray31.2%
Worst case answers left735

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