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SYNTH C
90.7%
of words eliminated

How SYNTH performs

Played first, SYNTH removes about 90.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.53 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #6,860 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,860 past Wordle answers, SYNTH left an average of 224 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 588 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSYNTH
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green30.5%
Any green or yellow75.1%
Whole row gray24.9%
Worst case answers left588

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