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SOUCE B
95.0%
of words eliminated

How SOUCE performs

Played first, SOUCE removes about 95.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.27 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #878 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, SOUCE left an average of 116 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 314 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSOUCE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green47.6%
Any green or yellow88.2%
Whole row gray11.8%
Worst case answers left314

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