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SYENS C
89.9%
of words eliminated

How SYENS performs

Played first, SYENS removes about 89.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.16 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, SYENS left an average of 246 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 481 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSYENS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green29.2%
Any green or yellow80.4%
Whole row gray19.6%
Worst case answers left481

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