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STOWN C
90.8%
of words eliminated

How STOWN performs

Played first, STOWN removes about 90.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.52 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, STOWN left an average of 214 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 573 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSTOWN
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green28.2%
Any green or yellow75.7%
Whole row gray24.3%
Worst case answers left573

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