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ROWME C
92.9%
of words eliminated

How ROWME performs

Played first, ROWME removes about 92.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.71 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #5,073 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, ROWME left an average of 162 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 12, 2026, when the answer was CLACK and 433 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeROWME
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green34.5%
Any green or yellow81.6%
Whole row gray18.4%
Worst case answers left433

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