Opener Lab
Compare JOKED
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How JOKED performs
Played first, JOKED removes about 87.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.76 bits of information. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.
Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, JOKED 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 580 candidates survived.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | JOKED |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0% |
| At least one green | 27.5% |
| Any green or yellow | 75.4% |
| Whole row gray | 24.6% |
| Worst case answers left | 580 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.