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STEDD C
89.9%
of words eliminated

How STEDD performs

Played first, STEDD removes about 89.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.16 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #10,327 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, STEDD left an average of 240 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 504 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSTEDD
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green27.7%
Any green or yellow78.6%
Whole row gray21.4%
Worst case answers left504

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