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SODOM F
84.7%
of words eliminated

How SODOM performs

Played first, SODOM removes about 84.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.86 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #12,368 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, SODOM left an average of 360 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 822 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSODOM
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green35.2%
Any green or yellow65.1%
Whole row gray34.9%
Worst case answers left822

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