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STOLE A
96.4%
of words eliminated

How STOLE performs

Played first, STOLE removes about 96.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.52 bits of information. Roughly 41% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, STOLE left an average of 85 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 228 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSTOLE
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green40.7%
Any green or yellow90.3%
Whole row gray9.7%
Worst case answers left228

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