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SWUNG F
85.4%
of words eliminated

How SWUNG performs

Played first, SWUNG removes about 85.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.93 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #11,936 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 27% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, SWUNG left an average of 350 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 810 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSWUNG
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green27.1%
Any green or yellow65.6%
Whole row gray34.4%
Worst case answers left810

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