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STORK C
92.9%
of words eliminated

How STORK performs

Played first, STORK removes about 92.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.77 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #4,532 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 30% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, STORK left an average of 166 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 17, 2026, when the answer was LEGAL and 440 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSTORK
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green30.5%
Any green or yellow81.3%
Whole row gray18.7%
Worst case answers left440

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