Opener Lab
Compare RATIO
Pick a word to compare against.
How RATIO performs
Played first, RATIO removes about 96.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.36 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #544 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 27% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, RATIO left an average of 92 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on June 30, 2026, when the answer was PUPPY and 196 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | RATIO |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 26.7% |
| Any green or yellow | 91.7% |
| Whole row gray | 8.3% |
| Worst case answers left | 196 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.