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LOBOS F
86.6%
of words eliminated

How LOBOS performs

Played first, LOBOS removes about 86.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.92 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #12,003 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, LOBOS left an average of 316 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 707 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeLOBOS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green23.4%
Any green or yellow70.0%
Whole row gray30.0%
Worst case answers left707

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