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How SPAWN performs

Played first, SPAWN removes about 90.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.44 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #7,803 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 30% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, SPAWN left an average of 225 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 565 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

Outcome	SPAWN
First-turn solve*	0.04%
At least one green	30.5%
Any green or yellow	76.0%
Whole row gray	24.0%
Worst case answers left	565

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

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Understanding results

Elimination %: How much of the possible-answer list the guess rules out on average.
Avg turns: Average guesses needed by the same solver in games it finished within six.
Win rate: Share of answers the solver finished within six guesses.
Information: First-turn entropy in bits; higher means more informative feedback on average.

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