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How TRANK performs
Played first, TRANK removes about 94.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.04 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #2,218 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. 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, TRANK left an average of 130 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 366 candidates survived.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | TRANK |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0% |
| At least one green | 33.2% |
| Any green or yellow | 84.5% |
| Whole row gray | 15.5% |
| Worst case answers left | 366 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.