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Compare AZANS

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AZANS F
85.7%
of words eliminated

How AZANS performs

Played first, AZANS removes about 85.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.68 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #13,197 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, AZANS left an average of 336 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 740 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeAZANS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green25.7%
Any green or yellow68.6%
Whole row gray31.4%
Worst case answers left740

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