Opener Lab
Compare RADAR
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How RADAR performs
Played first, RADAR removes about 86.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.91 bits of information. Roughly 30% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, RADAR left an average of 321 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 742 candidates survived.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | RADAR |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 30.1% |
| Any green or yellow | 68.5% |
| Whole row gray | 31.5% |
| Worst case answers left | 742 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.