Opener Lab
Compare THEME
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How THEME performs
Played first, THEME removes about 90.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.38 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #8,378 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 35% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, THEME left an average of 228 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 12, 2026, when the answer was CLACK and 599 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | THEME |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 34.9% |
| Any green or yellow | 74.6% |
| Whole row gray | 25.4% |
| Worst case answers left | 599 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.