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Compare TSARS

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TSARS C
92.5%
of words eliminated

How TSARS performs

Played first, TSARS removes about 92.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.55 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, TSARS left an average of 175 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 8, 2026, when the answer was DEMON and 440 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeTSARS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green25.2%
Any green or yellow81.3%
Whole row gray18.7%
Worst case answers left440

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