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TROGS B
93.9%
of words eliminated

How TROGS performs

Played first, TROGS removes about 93.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.92 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #3,077 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 1,858 past Wordle answers, TROGS left an average of 144 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 12, 2026, when the answer was CLACK and 402 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeTROGS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green28.2%
Any green or yellow83.0%
Whole row gray17.0%
Worst case answers left402

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