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OFFED F
86.0%
of words eliminated

How OFFED performs

Played first, OFFED removes about 86.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.60 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #13,514 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, OFFED left an average of 327 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 618 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeOFFED
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green19.8%
Any green or yellow73.8%
Whole row gray26.2%
Worst case answers left618

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