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SNAKE B
94.7%
of words eliminated

How SNAKE performs

Played first, SNAKE removes about 94.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.14 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #1,567 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 42% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, SNAKE left an average of 122 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 328 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSNAKE
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green41.5%
Any green or yellow86.1%
Whole row gray13.9%
Worst case answers left328

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