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TERGA B
95.6%
of words eliminated

How TERGA performs

Played first, TERGA removes about 95.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.30 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #746 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, TERGA left an average of 102 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on June 30, 2026, when the answer was PUPPY and 282 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeTERGA
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green26.0%
Any green or yellow88.0%
Whole row gray12.0%
Worst case answers left282

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