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Compare WINOS

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WINOS C
90.9%
of words eliminated

How WINOS performs

Played first, WINOS removes about 90.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.47 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #7,453 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, WINOS left an average of 218 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 17, 2026, when the answer was LEGAL and 546 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeWINOS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green22.3%
Any green or yellow76.8%
Whole row gray23.2%
Worst case answers left546

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