Opener Lab
Compare TRICE
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How TRICE performs
Played first, TRICE removes about 96.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.63 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #92 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 41% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,858 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
| Outcome | TRICE |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 41.2% |
| Any green or yellow | 87.8% |
| Whole row gray | 12.2% |
| Worst case answers left | 287 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.
Planning the second guess
All five letters miss 12.2% of the time, leaving 287 words in play. Of the 785 follow-ups checked here, SALON leaves the fewest possible answers on average (7.2).