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TRICK C
92.1%
of words eliminated

How TRICK performs

Played first, TRICK removes about 92.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.71 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #5,067 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 31% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, TRICK left an average of 185 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 17, 2026, when the answer was LEGAL and 492 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeTRICK
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green31.0%
Any green or yellow79.1%
Whole row gray20.9%
Worst case answers left492

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