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How ALARM performs

Played first, ALARM removes about 91.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.47 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #7,454 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 29% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,876 past Wordle answers, ALARM left an average of 207 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on August 7, 2026, when the answer was FEIGN and 511 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

Outcome	ALARM
First-turn solve*	0.04%
At least one green	29.0%
Any green or yellow	78.3%
Whole row gray	21.7%
Worst case answers left	511

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

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Understanding results

Elimination %: How much of the possible-answer list the guess rules out on average.
Avg turns: Average guesses needed by the same solver in games it finished within six.
Win rate: Share of answers the solver finished within six guesses.
Information: First-turn entropy in bits; higher means more informative feedback on average.
Tier: A band for first-turn information only: S is 5.8 bits or more, A 5.4, B 4.8, C 4.0, F below that. It describes the opening row, so a tier A word can still lead the six-turn table below.

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