Opener Lab
Compare ADIEU
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How ADIEU performs
Played first, ADIEU removes about 94.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.89 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, ADIEU left an average of 124 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 15, 2026, when the answer was PSHAW and 288 candidates survived.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | ADIEU |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0% |
| At least one green | 29.0% |
| Any green or yellow | 93.0% |
| Whole row gray | 7.0% |
| Worst case answers left | 288 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.
Planning the second guess
All five letters miss 7.0% of the time, leaving 165 words in play. Of the 665 follow-ups checked here, STOOL leaves the fewest possible answers on average (6.3).
Its most common result is 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛, which shows up 12.2% of the time and leaves 288 possibilities. Of the 779 follow-ups checked here, COAST leaves the fewest possible answers on average (11.7).