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How SOWER performs
Played first, SOWER removes about 94.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.07 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #1,992 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 40% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, SOWER left an average of 130 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 12, 2026, when the answer was CLACK and 342 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | SOWER |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 39.7% |
| Any green or yellow | 85.5% |
| Whole row gray | 14.5% |
| Worst case answers left | 342 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.