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STOOL C
91.1%
of words eliminated

How STOOL performs

Played first, STOOL removes about 91.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.49 bits of information. Roughly 33% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, STOOL left an average of 210 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 537 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSTOOL
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green33.2%
Any green or yellow77.2%
Whole row gray22.8%
Worst case answers left537

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