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How AROSE performs
Played first, AROSE removes about 97.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.77 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #26 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, AROSE left an average of 66 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.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | AROSE |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 39.4% |
| Any green or yellow | 92.1% |
| Whole row gray | 7.9% |
| Worst case answers left | 187 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.