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STOPT C
87.8%
of words eliminated

How STOPT performs

Played first, STOPT removes about 87.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.20 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, STOPT left an average of 291 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 713 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSTOPT
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green33.7%
Any green or yellow69.8%
Whole row gray30.2%
Worst case answers left713

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