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STREP B
94.9%
of words eliminated

How STREP performs

Played first, STREP removes about 94.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.23 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #1,073 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, STREP left an average of 121 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 12, 2026, when the answer was CLACK and 336 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSTREP
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green35.1%
Any green or yellow85.8%
Whole row gray14.2%
Worst case answers left336

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