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ALIEN A
96.4%
of words eliminated

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

OutcomeALIEN
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green37.6%
Any green or yellow90.5%
Whole row gray9.5%
Worst case answers left224

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