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Compare SNIES

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SNIES C
92.4%
of words eliminated

How SNIES performs

Played first, SNIES removes about 92.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.63 bits of information. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, SNIES left an average of 183 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 434 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSNIES
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green39.8%
Any green or yellow81.6%
Whole row gray18.4%
Worst case answers left434

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