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STOUN B
92.9%
of words eliminated

How STOUN performs

Played first, STOUN removes about 92.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.90 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #3,268 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, STOUN left an average of 164 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 482 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSTOUN
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green30.3%
Any green or yellow79.6%
Whole row gray20.4%
Worst case answers left482

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