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ODYLE C
93.7%
of words eliminated

How ODYLE performs

Played first, ODYLE removes about 93.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.73 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, ODYLE left an average of 148 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 329 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeODYLE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green26.4%
Any green or yellow86.1%
Whole row gray13.9%
Worst case answers left329

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