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SONNE C
93.2%
of words eliminated

How SONNE performs

Played first, SONNE removes about 93.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.76 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #4,625 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, SONNE left an average of 159 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 12, 2026, when the answer was CLACK and 384 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSONNE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green48.9%
Any green or yellow83.7%
Whole row gray16.3%
Worst case answers left384

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