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OTARY B
95.4%
of words eliminated

How OTARY performs

Played first, OTARY removes about 95.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.13 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, OTARY left an average of 109 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 278 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeOTARY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green34.9%
Any green or yellow88.2%
Whole row gray11.8%
Worst case answers left278

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