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AWNED C
92.6%
of words eliminated

How AWNED performs

Played first, AWNED removes about 92.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.76 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #4,616 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, AWNED left an average of 171 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 416 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeAWNED
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green29.1%
Any green or yellow82.4%
Whole row gray17.6%
Worst case answers left416

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