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SOTTO F
84.0%
of words eliminated

How SOTTO performs

Played first, SOTTO removes about 84.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.80 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #12,653 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, SOTTO left an average of 376 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 851 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSOTTO
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green36.9%
Any green or yellow63.9%
Whole row gray36.1%
Worst case answers left851

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