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SPACE B
95.0%
of words eliminated

How SPACE performs

Played first, SPACE removes about 95.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.29 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #787 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 42% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, SPACE left an average of 118 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 319 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSPACE
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green42.2%
Any green or yellow86.5%
Whole row gray13.5%
Worst case answers left319

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