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TARTS C
93.0%
of words eliminated

How TARTS performs

Played first, TARTS removes about 93.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.75 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #4,712 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, TARTS left an average of 166 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 8, 2026, when the answer was DEMON and 440 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeTARTS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green29.5%
Any green or yellow81.3%
Whole row gray18.7%
Worst case answers left440

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