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LEMAN B
94.7%
of words eliminated

How LEMAN performs

Played first, LEMAN removes about 94.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.09 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, LEMAN left an average of 122 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 294 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeLEMAN
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green24.7%
Any green or yellow87.5%
Whole row gray12.5%
Worst case answers left294

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