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TATOU C
91.5%
of words eliminated

How TATOU performs

Played first, TATOU removes about 91.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.35 bits of information. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, TATOU left an average of 197 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 415 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeTATOU
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green26.0%
Any green or yellow82.4%
Whole row gray17.6%
Worst case answers left415

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