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SMITH C
90.3%
of words eliminated

How SMITH performs

Played first, SMITH removes about 90.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.63 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #5,902 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 34% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, SMITH left an average of 235 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 17, 2026, when the answer was LEGAL and 635 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSMITH
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green34.3%
Any green or yellow73.1%
Whole row gray26.9%
Worst case answers left635

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