Opener Lab
Compare OMEGA
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How OMEGA performs
Played first, OMEGA removes about 92.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.49 bits of information. Roughly 16% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, OMEGA left an average of 172 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 15, 2026, when the answer was PSHAW and 300 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | OMEGA |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 16.2% |
| Any green or yellow | 88.6% |
| Whole row gray | 11.4% |
| Worst case answers left | 300 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.