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How SWILL performs
Played first, SWILL removes about 86.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.00 bits of information. Roughly 35% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, SWILL left an average of 327 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 756 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | SWILL |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 34.6% |
| Any green or yellow | 68.0% |
| Whole row gray | 32.0% |
| Worst case answers left | 756 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.