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SPLIT B
92.9%
of words eliminated

How SPLIT performs

Played first, SPLIT removes about 92.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.95 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #2,849 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 34% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, SPLIT left an average of 173 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 498 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSPLIT
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green34.3%
Any green or yellow78.9%
Whole row gray21.1%
Worst case answers left498

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