Opener Lab
Compare HANDY
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How HANDY performs
Played first, HANDY removes about 90.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.45 bits of information. Roughly 32% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, HANDY left an average of 217 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 16, 2026, when the answer was BUTTE and 538 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | HANDY |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 32.0% |
| Any green or yellow | 77.2% |
| Whole row gray | 22.8% |
| Worst case answers left | 538 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.