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SPULE B
93.8%
of words eliminated

How SPULE performs

Played first, SPULE removes about 93.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.08 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #1,965 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, SPULE left an average of 148 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 402 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSPULE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green39.2%
Any green or yellow83.0%
Whole row gray17.0%
Worst case answers left402

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