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ANTES B
96.2%
of words eliminated

How ANTES performs

Played first, ANTES removes about 96.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.39 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #463 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, ANTES left an average of 90 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on June 30, 2026, when the answer was PUPPY and 246 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeANTES
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green26.5%
Any green or yellow89.6%
Whole row gray10.4%
Worst case answers left246

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