Opener Lab
Compare BAKER
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How BAKER performs
Played first, BAKER removes about 93.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.80 bits of information. Roughly 33% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, BAKER left an average of 148 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 384 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | BAKER |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 32.7% |
| Any green or yellow | 83.7% |
| Whole row gray | 16.3% |
| Worst case answers left | 384 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.