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RIPER C
91.8%
of words eliminated

How RIPER performs

Played first, RIPER removes about 91.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.53 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #6,873 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 28% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, RIPER left an average of 197 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 462 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeRIPER
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green27.7%
Any green or yellow80.4%
Whole row gray19.6%
Worst case answers left462

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