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Compare GRATE

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GRATE A
96.3%
of words eliminated

How GRATE performs

Played first, GRATE removes about 96.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.60 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #113 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 41% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, GRATE left an average of 84 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on June 30, 2026, when the answer was PUPPY and 282 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGRATE
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green40.7%
Any green or yellow88.0%
Whole row gray12.0%
Worst case answers left282

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