Opener Lab

Compare SERIN

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SERIN A
96.3%
of words eliminated

How SERIN performs

Played first, SERIN removes about 96.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.52 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, SERIN left an average of 89 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 251 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSERIN
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green38.8%
Any green or yellow89.4%
Whole row gray10.6%
Worst case answers left251

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