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SPOIL B
93.6%
of words eliminated

How SPOIL performs

Played first, SPOIL removes about 93.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.94 bits of information. Roughly 34% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, SPOIL left an average of 155 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 429 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSPOIL
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green34.5%
Any green or yellow81.8%
Whole row gray18.2%
Worst case answers left429

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