Opener Lab

Compare LOVEY

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LOVEY C
92.5%
of words eliminated

How LOVEY performs

Played first, LOVEY removes about 92.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.55 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, LOVEY left an average of 180 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 369 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeLOVEY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green38.6%
Any green or yellow84.4%
Whole row gray15.6%
Worst case answers left369

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