Opener Lab
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How CARSE performs
Played first, CARSE removes about 96.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.76 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #30 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, CARSE left an average of 76 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 244 candidates survived.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | CARSE |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0% |
| At least one green | 43.3% |
| Any green or yellow | 89.7% |
| Whole row gray | 10.3% |
| Worst case answers left | 244 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.
Planning the second guess
All five letters miss 10.3% of the time, leaving 244 words in play. Of the 744 follow-ups checked here, GUILT leaves the fewest possible answers on average (7.8).