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REDOS B
95.0%
of words eliminated

How REDOS performs

Played first, REDOS removes about 95.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.08 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, REDOS left an average of 117 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 12, 2026, when the answer was CLACK and 306 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeREDOS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green22.2%
Any green or yellow87.0%
Whole row gray13.0%
Worst case answers left306

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