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SOOTH C
87.7%
of words eliminated

How SOOTH performs

Played first, SOOTH removes about 87.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.34 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #8,725 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 41% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, SOOTH left an average of 286 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 739 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSOOTH
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green41.3%
Any green or yellow68.7%
Whole row gray31.3%
Worst case answers left739

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