Opener Lab
Compare CRANE
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How CRANE performs
Played first, CRANE removes about 96.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.73 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #39 of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 44% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, CRANE left an average of 78 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 271 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | CRANE |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 43.6% |
| Any green or yellow | 88.5% |
| Whole row gray | 11.5% |
| Worst case answers left | 271 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.
Planning the second guess
All five letters miss 11.5% of the time, leaving 271 words in play. Of the 771 follow-ups checked here, MOULT leaves the fewest possible answers on average (7.6).