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STRAP B
94.4%
of words eliminated

How STRAP performs

Played first, STRAP removes about 94.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.11 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #1,729 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 29% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, STRAP left an average of 135 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 8, 2026, when the answer was DEMON and 374 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSTRAP
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green29.0%
Any green or yellow84.1%
Whole row gray15.9%
Worst case answers left374

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