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Compare ROSET

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ROSET A
96.4%
of words eliminated

How ROSET performs

Played first, ROSET removes about 96.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.62 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #98 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, ROSET left an average of 83 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 12, 2026, when the answer was CLACK and 249 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeROSET
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green37.1%
Any green or yellow89.4%
Whole row gray10.6%
Worst case answers left249

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