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Compare TRONA

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TRONA A
95.9%
of words eliminated

How TRONA performs

Played first, TRONA removes about 95.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.43 bits of information. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, TRONA left an average of 95 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 260 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeTRONA
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green31.5%
Any green or yellow89.0%
Whole row gray11.0%
Worst case answers left260

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