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ALINE A
96.5%
of words eliminated

How ALINE performs

Played first, ALINE removes about 96.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.63 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #89 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, ALINE left an average of 81 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.

First-guess odds

OutcomeALINE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green39.1%
Any green or yellow90.5%
Whole row gray9.5%
Worst case answers left224

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