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SPIMS F
82.6%
of words eliminated

How SPIMS performs

Played first, SPIMS removes about 82.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.66 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, SPIMS left an average of 425 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 893 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSPIMS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green29.0%
Any green or yellow62.1%
Whole row gray37.9%
Worst case answers left893

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