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SOKEN B
93.8%
of words eliminated

How SOKEN performs

Played first, SOKEN removes about 93.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.90 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, SOKEN left an average of 146 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 4, 2026, when the answer was PIZZA and 341 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSOKEN
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green40.4%
Any green or yellow85.5%
Whole row gray14.5%
Worst case answers left341

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