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Binghamton Study Finds Entropy Solves 99% Wordle Puzzles

6/20/2026

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Assistant Professor Congyu “Peter” Wu and his Binghamton University team reported a method that solves 99% of Wordle puzzles using Shannon entropy.
Simulations showed the entropy-based strategy solved 99% of puzzles, versus about 90% for a letter-frequency heuristic.
The paper by Wu, Talal Aladaileh and Donald Stephens was published in the April 2026 issue of Northeast Journal of Complex Systems (doi:10.63562/2577-8439.1146).

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Assistant Professor Congyu “Peter” Wu and his Binghamton University team reported a method that solves 99% of Wordle puzzles using Shannon entropy.
Simulations showed the entropy-based strategy solved 99% of puzzles, versus about 90% for a letter-frequency heuristic.
The paper by Wu, Talal Aladaileh and Donald Stephens was published in the April 2026 issue of Northeast Journal of Complex Systems (doi:10.63562/2577-8439.1146).