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AMENT B
95.0%
of words eliminated

How AMENT performs

Played first, AMENT removes about 95.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.14 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #1,552 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, AMENT left an average of 115 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on June 30, 2026, when the answer was PUPPY and 277 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeAMENT
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green28.3%
Any green or yellow88.3%
Whole row gray11.7%
Worst case answers left277

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