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ONERS B
95.5%
of words eliminated

How ONERS performs

Played first, ONERS removes about 95.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.15 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #1,496 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, ONERS left an average of 106 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 12, 2026, when the answer was CLACK and 241 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeONERS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green19.3%
Any green or yellow89.8%
Whole row gray10.2%
Worst case answers left241

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