Opener Lab
Compare RABID
Pick a word to compare against.
How RABID performs
Played first, RABID removes about 93.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.79 bits of information. Roughly 28% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, RABID left an average of 163 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 13, 2026, when the answer was STOUT and 386 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | RABID |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 27.6% |
| Any green or yellow | 83.6% |
| Whole row gray | 16.4% |
| Worst case answers left | 386 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.