Opener Lab

Compare SERAC

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SERAC A
96.3%
of words eliminated

How SERAC performs

Played first, SERAC removes about 96.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.54 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, SERAC left an average of 87 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 244 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSERAC
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green35.8%
Any green or yellow89.7%
Whole row gray10.3%
Worst case answers left244

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