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MANEB C
93.5%
of words eliminated

How MANEB performs

Played first, MANEB removes about 93.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.79 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, MANEB left an average of 153 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 386 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeMANEB
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green31.3%
Any green or yellow83.6%
Whole row gray16.4%
Worst case answers left386

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