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FANCY C
90.1%
of words eliminated

How FANCY performs

Played first, FANCY removes about 90.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.38 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #8,333 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 38% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, FANCY left an average of 237 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 581 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeFANCY
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green38.1%
Any green or yellow75.4%
Whole row gray24.6%
Worst case answers left581

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