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OCTET C
92.0%
of words eliminated

How OCTET performs

Played first, OCTET removes about 92.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.45 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #7,696 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 29% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, OCTET left an average of 186 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 15, 2026, when the answer was PSHAW and 411 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeOCTET
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green29.3%
Any green or yellow82.6%
Whole row gray17.4%
Worst case answers left411

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