Opener Lab
Compare LORRY
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How LORRY performs
Played first, LORRY removes about 90.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.35 bits of information. Roughly 36% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, LORRY left an average of 220 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 16, 2026, when the answer was BUTTE and 502 candidates survived.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | LORRY |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 36.4% |
| Any green or yellow | 78.7% |
| Whole row gray | 21.3% |
| Worst case answers left | 502 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.