Opener Lab
Compare CLOMB
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How CLOMB performs
Played first, CLOMB removes about 88.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.24 bits of information. 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, CLOMB left an average of 276 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 705 candidates survived.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | CLOMB |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0% |
| At least one green | 25.9% |
| Any green or yellow | 70.1% |
| Whole row gray | 29.9% |
| Worst case answers left | 705 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.