Opener Lab
Compare SPINY
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How SPINY performs
Played first, SPINY removes about 90.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.57 bits of information. Roughly 42% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, SPINY left an average of 234 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 614 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | SPINY |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 41.8% |
| Any green or yellow | 74.0% |
| Whole row gray | 26.0% |
| Worst case answers left | 614 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.