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Compare TRICE

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TRICE A
96.2%
of words eliminated

How TRICE performs

Played first, TRICE removes about 96.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.63 bits of information. Roughly 41% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, TRICE left an average of 87 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 15, 2026, when the answer was PSHAW and 287 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeTRICE
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green41.2%
Any green or yellow87.8%
Whole row gray12.2%
Worst case answers left287

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