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STUPE B
93.3%
of words eliminated

How STUPE performs

Played first, STUPE removes about 93.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.98 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, STUPE left an average of 158 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 12, 2026, when the answer was CLACK and 423 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSTUPE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green36.8%
Any green or yellow82.1%
Whole row gray17.9%
Worst case answers left423

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