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How REATE performs
Played first, REATE removes about 95.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.37 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #523 out 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, REATE left an average of 101 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 7, 2026, when the answer was SLING and 341 candidates survived.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | REATE |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0% |
| At least one green | 40.8% |
| Any green or yellow | 85.5% |
| Whole row gray | 14.5% |
| Worst case answers left | 341 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.