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ANGRY C
92.5%
of words eliminated

How ANGRY performs

Played first, ANGRY removes about 92.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.66 bits of information. Roughly 30% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, ANGRY left an average of 178 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 413 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeANGRY
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green30.4%
Any green or yellow82.5%
Whole row gray17.5%
Worst case answers left413

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