Opener Lab

Compare CLEAN

Pick a word to compare against.

CLEAN B
95.2%
of words eliminated

How CLEAN performs

Played first, CLEAN removes about 95.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.33 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #655 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 30% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, CLEAN left an average of 110 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 283 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCLEAN
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green30.1%
Any green or yellow88.0%
Whole row gray12.0%
Worst case answers left283

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