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JANNY F
81.8%
of words eliminated

How JANNY performs

Played first, JANNY removes about 81.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.35 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #14,187 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, JANNY left an average of 433 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 841 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeJANNY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green36.0%
Any green or yellow64.3%
Whole row gray35.7%
Worst case answers left841

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