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STYLO C
93.4%
of words eliminated

How STYLO performs

Played first, STYLO removes about 93.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.76 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, STYLO left an average of 158 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 400 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSTYLO
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green25.1%
Any green or yellow83.0%
Whole row gray17.0%
Worst case answers left400

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