Opener Lab
Compare FENCE
Pick a word to compare against.
How FENCE performs
Played first, FENCE removes about 89.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.30 bits of information. Roughly 39% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, FENCE left an average of 249 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 644 candidates survived.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | FENCE |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 39.1% |
| Any green or yellow | 72.7% |
| Whole row gray | 27.3% |
| Worst case answers left | 644 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.