Opener Lab
Compare TRACE
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How TRACE performs
Played first, TRACE removes about 96.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.82 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #13 of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 42% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, TRACE left an average of 72 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 7, 2026, when the answer was SLING and 253 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | TRACE |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 42.1% |
| Any green or yellow | 89.3% |
| Whole row gray | 10.7% |
| Worst case answers left | 253 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.
Planning the second guess
All five letters miss 10.7% of the time, leaving 253 words in play. Of the 753 follow-ups checked here, SOILY leaves the fewest possible answers on average (7.1).