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WOMAS C
90.7%
of words eliminated

How WOMAS performs

Played first, WOMAS removes about 90.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.35 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, WOMAS left an average of 220 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 507 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeWOMAS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green24.5%
Any green or yellow78.5%
Whole row gray21.5%
Worst case answers left507

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