Opener Lab
Compare IRATE
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How IRATE performs
Played first, IRATE removes about 97.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.83 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #10 of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 40% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, IRATE left an average of 63 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on June 30, 2026, when the answer was PUPPY and 199 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | IRATE |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 39.7% |
| Any green or yellow | 91.6% |
| Whole row gray | 8.4% |
| Worst case answers left | 199 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.
Planning the second guess
All five letters miss 8.4% of the time, leaving 199 words in play. Of the 699 follow-ups checked here, SONLY leaves the fewest possible answers on average (6.8).