Opener Lab
Compare SLART
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How SLART performs
Played first, SLART removes about 96.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.63 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #91 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, SLART left an average of 88 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 8, 2026, when the answer was DEMON and 252 candidates survived.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | SLART |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0% |
| At least one green | 40.8% |
| Any green or yellow | 89.3% |
| Whole row gray | 10.7% |
| Worst case answers left | 252 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.
Planning the second guess
All five letters miss 10.7% of the time, leaving 252 words in play. Of the 751 follow-ups checked here, DUNCE leaves the fewest possible answers on average (6.9).