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Compare ALONE

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ALONE A
96.7%
of words eliminated

How ALONE performs

Played first, ALONE removes about 96.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.61 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #105 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 39% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, ALONE left an average of 76 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on June 30, 2026, when the answer was PUPPY and 187 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeALONE
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green39.1%
Any green or yellow92.1%
Whole row gray7.9%
Worst case answers left187

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