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CANOE A
96.2%
of words eliminated

How CANOE performs

Played first, CANOE removes about 96.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.51 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #211 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 43% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, CANOE left an average of 87 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on June 30, 2026, when the answer was PUPPY and 221 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCANOE
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green42.8%
Any green or yellow90.6%
Whole row gray9.4%
Worst case answers left221

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