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ONLAP C
93.4%
of words eliminated

How ONLAP performs

Played first, ONLAP removes about 93.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.76 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #4,545 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, ONLAP left an average of 155 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 367 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeONLAP
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green18.6%
Any green or yellow84.4%
Whole row gray15.6%
Worst case answers left367

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