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OSEYS F
89.7%
of words eliminated

How OSEYS performs

Played first, OSEYS removes about 89.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.86 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #12,343 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, OSEYS left an average of 247 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 478 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeOSEYS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green11.5%
Any green or yellow84.2%
Whole row gray15.8%
Worst case answers left478

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