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How ANODE performs
Played first, ANODE removes about 95.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.25 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #935 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 34% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, ANODE left an average of 103 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 248 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | ANODE |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 33.6% |
| Any green or yellow | 89.5% |
| Whole row gray | 10.5% |
| Worst case answers left | 248 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.