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TERRE C
90.7%
of words eliminated

How TERRE performs

Played first, TERRE removes about 90.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.52 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #6,918 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, TERRE left an average of 213 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 15, 2026, when the answer was PSHAW and 587 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeTERRE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green40.0%
Any green or yellow75.1%
Whole row gray24.9%
Worst case answers left587

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