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ALOSE A
96.8%
of words eliminated

How ALOSE performs

Played first, ALOSE removes about 96.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.68 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #58 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 1,859 past Wordle answers, ALOSE left an average of 74 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 182 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeALOSE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green38.2%
Any green or yellow92.9%
Whole row gray7.1%
Worst case answers left182

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