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ORDIE B
95.5%
of words eliminated

How ORDIE performs

Played first, ORDIE removes about 95.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.30 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #769 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, ORDIE left an average of 104 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 15, 2026, when the answer was PSHAW and 279 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeORDIE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green36.3%
Any green or yellow88.2%
Whole row gray11.8%
Worst case answers left279

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