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STAGS C
89.2%
of words eliminated

How STAGS performs

Played first, STAGS removes about 89.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.12 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #10,621 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, STAGS left an average of 256 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 607 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSTAGS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green30.5%
Any green or yellow74.3%
Whole row gray25.7%
Worst case answers left607

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