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SWOON F
84.5%
of words eliminated

How SWOON performs

Played first, SWOON removes about 84.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.89 bits of information. Roughly 32% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, SWOON left an average of 365 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 829 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSWOON
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green31.7%
Any green or yellow64.9%
Whole row gray35.1%
Worst case answers left829

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