Opener Lab
Compare SHALE
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How SHALE performs
Played first, SHALE removes about 96.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.53 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #185 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 44% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, SHALE left an average of 92 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 6, 2026, when the answer was TODDY and 250 candidates survived.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | SHALE |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 43.9% |
| Any green or yellow | 89.4% |
| Whole row gray | 10.6% |
| Worst case answers left | 250 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.