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FRENA B
94.8%
of words eliminated

How FRENA performs

Played first, FRENA removes about 94.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.07 bits of information. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, FRENA left an average of 120 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 314 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeFRENA
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green29.9%
Any green or yellow86.7%
Whole row gray13.3%
Worst case answers left314

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