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FANON C
88.2%
of words eliminated

How FANON performs

Played first, FANON removes about 88.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.01 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #11,462 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, FANON left an average of 277 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 593 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeFANON
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green30.5%
Any green or yellow74.9%
Whole row gray25.1%
Worst case answers left593

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