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STUNS C
86.9%
of words eliminated

How STUNS performs

Played first, STUNS removes about 86.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.01 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #11,427 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, STUNS left an average of 312 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 726 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSTUNS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green28.3%
Any green or yellow69.2%
Whole row gray30.8%
Worst case answers left726

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