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SOFTA B
93.3%
of words eliminated

How SOFTA performs

Played first, SOFTA removes about 93.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.82 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #4,107 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, SOFTA left an average of 159 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 390 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSOFTA
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green34.6%
Any green or yellow83.5%
Whole row gray16.5%
Worst case answers left390

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