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SOLUS C
89.2%
of words eliminated

How SOLUS performs

Played first, SOLUS removes about 89.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.19 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #10,099 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, SOLUS left an average of 258 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 634 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSOLUS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green34.4%
Any green or yellow73.1%
Whole row gray26.9%
Worst case answers left634

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