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How TENSE performs
Played first, TENSE removes about 93.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.00 bits of information. Roughly 40% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, TENSE left an average of 144 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 12, 2026, when the answer was CLACK and 450 candidates survived.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | TENSE |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 40.2% |
| Any green or yellow | 80.9% |
| Whole row gray | 19.1% |
| Worst case answers left | 450 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.