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How TARKA performs
Played first, TARKA removes about 90.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.31 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #8,999 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.
Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, TARKA left an average of 220 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 8, 2026, when the answer was DEMON and 549 candidates survived.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | TARKA |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0% |
| At least one green | 27.9% |
| Any green or yellow | 76.7% |
| Whole row gray | 23.3% |
| Worst case answers left | 549 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.