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SPARK C
91.8%
of words eliminated

How SPARK performs

Played first, SPARK removes about 91.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.67 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #5,427 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 32% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, SPARK left an average of 194 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 485 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSPARK
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green31.7%
Any green or yellow79.4%
Whole row gray20.6%
Worst case answers left485

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