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LENOS B
95.6%
of words eliminated

How LENOS performs

Played first, LENOS removes about 95.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.19 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, LENOS left an average of 104 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 241 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeLENOS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green24.2%
Any green or yellow89.9%
Whole row gray10.1%
Worst case answers left241

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