Opener Lab
Compare SMART
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How SMART performs
Played first, SMART removes about 94.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.25 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #984 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 37% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, SMART left an average of 124 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on June 30, 2026, when the answer was PUPPY and 363 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | SMART |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 37.1% |
| Any green or yellow | 84.6% |
| Whole row gray | 15.4% |
| Worst case answers left | 363 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.