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RAINE A
97.1%
of words eliminated

How RAINE performs

Played first, RAINE removes about 97.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.78 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #18 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, RAINE left an average of 68 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 199 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeRAINE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green43.9%
Any green or yellow91.6%
Whole row gray8.4%
Worst case answers left199

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