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SOWLE B
94.6%
of words eliminated

How SOWLE performs

Played first, SOWLE removes about 94.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.07 bits of information. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, SOWLE left an average of 126 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 330 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSOWLE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green44.6%
Any green or yellow86.0%
Whole row gray14.0%
Worst case answers left330

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