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TROKE B
95.3%
of words eliminated

How TROKE performs

Played first, TROKE removes about 95.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.21 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #1,166 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, TROKE left an average of 106 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 15, 2026, when the answer was PSHAW and 315 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeTROKE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green38.2%
Any green or yellow86.6%
Whole row gray13.4%
Worst case answers left315

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