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TORTS C
91.7%
of words eliminated

How TORTS performs

Played first, TORTS removes about 91.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.58 bits of information. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, TORTS left an average of 195 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 17, 2026, when the answer was LEGAL and 503 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeTORTS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green28.7%
Any green or yellow78.7%
Whole row gray21.3%
Worst case answers left503

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