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SPRAY B
93.4%
of words eliminated

How SPRAY performs

Played first, SPRAY removes about 93.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.89 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #3,405 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 40% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, SPRAY left an average of 161 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 404 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSPRAY
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green39.7%
Any green or yellow82.9%
Whole row gray17.1%
Worst case answers left404

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