Opener Lab
Compare RAISE
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How RAISE performs
Played first, RAISE removes about 97.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.88 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #5 of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 44% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,875 past Wordle answers, RAISE left an average of 62 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 24, 2026, when the answer was PUTTY and 173 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | RAISE |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 43.7% |
| Any green or yellow | 92.7% |
| Whole row gray | 7.3% |
| Worst case answers left | 173 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.
Planning the second guess
All five letters miss 7.3% of the time, leaving 173 words in play. Of the 673 follow-ups checked here, COULD leaves the fewest possible answers on average (6.8).