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FROND C
90.9%
of words eliminated

How FROND performs

Played first, FROND removes about 90.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.58 bits of information. Roughly 32% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, FROND left an average of 212 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 569 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeFROND
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green31.6%
Any green or yellow75.9%
Whole row gray24.1%
Worst case answers left569

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