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SPOSO F
78.0%
of words eliminated

How SPOSO performs

Played first, SPOSO removes about 78.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.31 bits of information. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, SPOSO left an average of 525 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 1020 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSPOSO
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green32.3%
Any green or yellow56.8%
Whole row gray43.2%
Worst case answers left1020

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