Opener Lab
Compare ALIEN
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How ALIEN performs
Played first, ALIEN removes about 96.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.60 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #114 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 38% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, ALIEN left an average of 85 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 224 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | ALIEN |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 37.6% |
| Any green or yellow | 90.5% |
| Whole row gray | 9.5% |
| Worst case answers left | 224 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.