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SOOTE B
93.8%
of words eliminated

How SOOTE performs

Played first, SOOTE removes about 93.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.92 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #3,078 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, SOOTE left an average of 144 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 377 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSOOTE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green48.6%
Any green or yellow84.0%
Whole row gray16.0%
Worst case answers left377

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