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Compare ROYAL
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How ROYAL performs
Played first, ROYAL removes about 95.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.12 bits of information. Roughly 26% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, ROYAL left an average of 115 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 16, 2026, when the answer was BUTTE and 265 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | ROYAL |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 26.2% |
| Any green or yellow | 88.8% |
| Whole row gray | 11.2% |
| Worst case answers left | 265 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.