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LOWES B
94.0%
of words eliminated

How LOWES performs

Played first, LOWES removes about 94.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.82 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, LOWES left an average of 143 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 330 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeLOWES
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green27.4%
Any green or yellow86.0%
Whole row gray14.0%
Worst case answers left330

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