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SPINS F
85.9%
of words eliminated

How SPINS performs

Played first, SPINS removes about 85.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.97 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #11,715 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, SPINS left an average of 346 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 791 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSPINS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green31.1%
Any green or yellow66.5%
Whole row gray33.5%
Worst case answers left791

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