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SPOON C
86.8%
of words eliminated

How SPOON performs

Played first, SPOON removes about 86.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.10 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #10,743 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 31% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, SPOON left an average of 313 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 750 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSPOON
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green31.3%
Any green or yellow68.2%
Whole row gray31.8%
Worst case answers left750

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