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SONNY C
88.1%
of words eliminated

How SONNY performs

Played first, SONNY removes about 88.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.14 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #10,499 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, SONNY left an average of 288 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 699 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSONNY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green46.7%
Any green or yellow70.4%
Whole row gray29.6%
Worst case answers left699

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