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RAILE S
97.3%
of words eliminated

How RAILE performs

Played first, RAILE removes about 97.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.86 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #7 of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, RAILE left an average of 62 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 178 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeRAILE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green43.8%
Any green or yellow92.5%
Whole row gray7.5%
Worst case answers left178

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