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How THEFT performs
Played first, THEFT removes about 85.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.91 bits of information. Roughly 27% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, THEFT left an average of 328 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 12, 2026, when the answer was CLACK and 654 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | THEFT |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 26.8% |
| Any green or yellow | 72.3% |
| Whole row gray | 27.7% |
| Worst case answers left | 654 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.