Opener Lab

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RINDS C
93.0%
of words eliminated

How RINDS performs

Played first, RINDS removes about 93.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.76 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, RINDS left an average of 168 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 398 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeRINDS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green20.7%
Any green or yellow83.1%
Whole row gray16.9%
Worst case answers left398

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