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CROCK F
85.2%
of words eliminated

How CROCK performs

Played first, CROCK removes about 85.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.84 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #12,467 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 32% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, CROCK left an average of 347 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 17, 2026, when the answer was LEGAL and 779 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCROCK
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green31.5%
Any green or yellow67.0%
Whole row gray33.0%
Worst case answers left779

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