Opener Lab

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GROTS B
94.0%
of words eliminated

How GROTS performs

Played first, GROTS removes about 94.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.94 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, GROTS left an average of 143 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 12, 2026, when the answer was CLACK and 402 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGROTS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green28.0%
Any green or yellow83.0%
Whole row gray17.0%
Worst case answers left402

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