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How ROAST performs
Played first, ROAST removes about 96.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.65 bits of information. Roughly 40% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, ROAST left an average of 84 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on June 30, 2026, when the answer was PUPPY and 270 candidates survived.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | ROAST |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 39.6% |
| Any green or yellow | 88.6% |
| Whole row gray | 11.4% |
| Worst case answers left | 270 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.