Opener Lab
Compare NOVEL
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How NOVEL performs
Played first, NOVEL removes about 93.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.74 bits of information. Roughly 30% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, NOVEL left an average of 158 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 15, 2026, when the answer was PSHAW and 381 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | NOVEL |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 29.5% |
| Any green or yellow | 83.8% |
| Whole row gray | 16.2% |
| Worst case answers left | 381 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.