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OLEIN B
95.4%
of words eliminated

How OLEIN performs

Played first, OLEIN removes about 95.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.20 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #1,218 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, OLEIN left an average of 109 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 16, 2026, when the answer was BUTTE and 270 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeOLEIN
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green26.8%
Any green or yellow90.1%
Whole row gray9.9%
Worst case answers left270

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