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SWATH C
90.7%
of words eliminated

How SWATH performs

Played first, SWATH removes about 90.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.64 bits of information. Roughly 34% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, SWATH left an average of 219 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 574 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSWATH
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green34.3%
Any green or yellow75.7%
Whole row gray24.3%
Worst case answers left574

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