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TROLL C
93.3%
of words eliminated

How TROLL performs

Played first, TROLL removes about 93.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.70 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #5,144 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 35% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, TROLL left an average of 155 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 15, 2026, when the answer was PSHAW and 411 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeTROLL
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green34.6%
Any green or yellow82.6%
Whole row gray17.4%
Worst case answers left411

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