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ESROG B
94.2%
of words eliminated

How ESROG performs

Played first, ESROG removes about 94.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.82 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #4,053 out 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, ESROG left an average of 137 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 12, 2026, when the answer was CLACK and 306 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeESROG
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green17.0%
Any green or yellow87.0%
Whole row gray13.0%
Worst case answers left306

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