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SLICE A
95.8%
of words eliminated

How SLICE performs

Played first, SLICE removes about 95.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.51 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #219 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 46% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, SLICE left an average of 99 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 300 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSLICE
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green45.9%
Any green or yellow87.3%
Whole row gray12.7%
Worst case answers left300

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