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RIATA B
93.8%
of words eliminated

How RIATA performs

Played first, RIATA removes about 93.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.81 bits of information. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, RIATA left an average of 144 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 8, 2026, when the answer was DEMON and 387 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeRIATA
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green31.6%
Any green or yellow83.6%
Whole row gray16.4%
Worst case answers left387

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