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Compare EORLS

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EORLS B
96.0%
of words eliminated

How EORLS performs

Played first, EORLS removes about 96.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.34 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, EORLS left an average of 94 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 11, 2026, when the answer was AVIAN and 219 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeEORLS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green27.9%
Any green or yellow90.7%
Whole row gray9.3%
Worst case answers left219

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