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OULKS C
89.9%
of words eliminated

How OULKS performs

Played first, OULKS removes about 89.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.27 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #9,439 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 1,859 past Wordle answers, OULKS left an average of 241 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 576 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeOULKS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green17.1%
Any green or yellow75.6%
Whole row gray24.4%
Worst case answers left576

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