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95.1%
of words eliminated

How ANGER performs

Played first, ANGER removes about 95.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.19 bits of information. Roughly 26% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, ANGER left an average of 113 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 306 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeANGER
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green26.4%
Any green or yellow87.0%
Whole row gray13.0%
Worst case answers left306

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