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ROSES C
93.5%
of words eliminated

How ROSES performs

Played first, ROSES removes about 93.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.68 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #5,357 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 1,858 past Wordle answers, ROSES left an average of 154 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 12, 2026, when the answer was CLACK and 366 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeROSES
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green30.0%
Any green or yellow84.5%
Whole row gray15.5%
Worst case answers left366

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