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AWARN C
89.4%
of words eliminated

How AWARN performs

Played first, AWARN removes about 89.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.23 bits of information. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, AWARN left an average of 246 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 582 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeAWARN
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green27.8%
Any green or yellow75.3%
Whole row gray24.7%
Worst case answers left582

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