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ANGST B
93.3%
of words eliminated

How ANGST performs

Played first, ANGST removes about 93.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.87 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #3,561 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 26% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, ANGST left an average of 157 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 434 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeANGST
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green26.0%
Any green or yellow81.6%
Whole row gray18.4%
Worst case answers left434

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