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SOBER B
95.0%
of words eliminated

How SOBER performs

Played first, SOBER removes about 95.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.21 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #1,165 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 41% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, SOBER left an average of 117 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 12, 2026, when the answer was CLACK and 321 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSOBER
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green41.0%
Any green or yellow86.4%
Whole row gray13.6%
Worst case answers left321

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