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TYPAL C
92.8%
of words eliminated

How TYPAL performs

Played first, TYPAL removes about 92.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.72 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, TYPAL left an average of 172 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 447 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeTYPAL
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green20.1%
Any green or yellow81.1%
Whole row gray18.9%
Worst case answers left447

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