Opener Lab

Compare ORMER

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ORMER C
91.2%
of words eliminated

How ORMER performs

Played first, ORMER removes about 91.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.44 bits of information. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, ORMER left an average of 205 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 471 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeORMER
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green29.8%
Any green or yellow80.0%
Whole row gray20.0%
Worst case answers left471

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