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How TAINT performs
Played first, TAINT removes about 92.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.76 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #4,552 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 40% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, TAINT left an average of 181 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 1, 2026, when the answer was DEMUR and 494 candidates survived.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | TAINT |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 40.3% |
| Any green or yellow | 79.1% |
| Whole row gray | 20.9% |
| Worst case answers left | 494 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.