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AFANC F
86.2%
of words eliminated

How AFANC performs

Played first, AFANC removes about 86.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.86 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #12,358 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, AFANC left an average of 318 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 755 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeAFANC
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green25.9%
Any green or yellow68.0%
Whole row gray32.0%
Worst case answers left755

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