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SUMPH C
84.5%
of words eliminated

How SUMPH performs

Played first, SUMPH removes about 84.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.07 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, SUMPH left an average of 371 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 863 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSUMPH
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green31.0%
Any green or yellow63.4%
Whole row gray36.6%
Worst case answers left863

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