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STATS F
85.6%
of words eliminated

How STATS performs

Played first, STATS removes about 85.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.80 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, STATS left an average of 341 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 746 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSTATS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green32.2%
Any green or yellow68.4%
Whole row gray31.6%
Worst case answers left746

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