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RAGER C
93.0%
of words eliminated

How RAGER performs

Played first, RAGER removes about 93.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.67 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, RAGER left an average of 164 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 418 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeRAGER
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green31.2%
Any green or yellow82.3%
Whole row gray17.7%
Worst case answers left418

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