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SPEAK C
92.2%
of words eliminated

How SPEAK performs

Played first, SPEAK removes about 92.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.67 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #5,432 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 29% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,860 past Wordle answers, SPEAK left an average of 186 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 22, 2026, when the answer was LORRY and 384 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSPEAK
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green29.2%
Any green or yellow83.7%
Whole row gray16.3%
Worst case answers left384

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