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RIGID F
84.6%
of words eliminated

How RIGID performs

Played first, RIGID removes about 84.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.85 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #12,435 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 24% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, RIGID left an average of 362 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 773 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeRIGID
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green24.1%
Any green or yellow67.2%
Whole row gray32.8%
Worst case answers left773

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