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SLISH C
88.7%
of words eliminated

How SLISH performs

Played first, SLISH removes about 88.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.21 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #9,948 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, SLISH left an average of 270 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 16, 2026, when the answer was BUTTE and 668 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSLISH
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green40.3%
Any green or yellow71.7%
Whole row gray28.3%
Worst case answers left668

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