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FROCK C
87.7%
of words eliminated

How FROCK performs

Played first, FROCK removes about 87.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.18 bits of information. Roughly 30% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, FROCK left an average of 290 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 701 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeFROCK
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green30.2%
Any green or yellow70.3%
Whole row gray29.7%
Worst case answers left701

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