Opener Lab

Compare STYLI

Pick a word to compare against.

STYLI C
93.0%
of words eliminated

How STYLI performs

Played first, STYLI removes about 93.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.67 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, STYLI left an average of 170 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 429 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSTYLI
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green23.0%
Any green or yellow81.8%
Whole row gray18.2%
Worst case answers left429

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