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Compare FOCAL
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How FOCAL performs
Played first, FOCAL removes about 92.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.64 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #5,753 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 28% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, FOCAL left an average of 181 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 449 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | FOCAL |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 28.5% |
| Any green or yellow | 81.0% |
| Whole row gray | 19.0% |
| Worst case answers left | 449 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.