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STEIN B
95.0%
of words eliminated

How STEIN performs

Played first, STEIN removes about 95.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.29 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #822 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 32% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, STEIN left an average of 120 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 12, 2026, when the answer was CLACK and 311 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSTEIN
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green31.7%
Any green or yellow86.8%
Whole row gray13.2%
Worst case answers left311

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