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CANID B
92.8%
of words eliminated

How CANID performs

Played first, CANID removes about 92.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.91 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, CANID left an average of 170 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 468 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCANID
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green33.2%
Any green or yellow80.2%
Whole row gray19.8%
Worst case answers left468

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