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SULUS F
79.2%
of words eliminated

How SULUS performs

Played first, SULUS removes about 79.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.27 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, SULUS left an average of 500 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 965 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSULUS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green30.6%
Any green or yellow59.1%
Whole row gray40.9%
Worst case answers left965

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