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OUTER B
95.7%
of words eliminated

How OUTER performs

Played first, OUTER removes about 95.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.29 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #828 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 28% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, OUTER left an average of 101 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 15, 2026, when the answer was PSHAW and 257 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeOUTER
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green27.9%
Any green or yellow89.1%
Whole row gray10.9%
Worst case answers left257

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