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Compare TRAIL

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TRAIL A
96.6%
of words eliminated

How TRAIL performs

Played first, TRAIL removes about 96.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.60 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #121 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 36% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, TRAIL left an average of 79 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 8, 2026, when the answer was DEMON and 225 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeTRAIL
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green36.3%
Any green or yellow90.5%
Whole row gray9.5%
Worst case answers left225

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