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MANEH B
94.4%
of words eliminated

How MANEH performs

Played first, MANEH removes about 94.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.02 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, MANEH left an average of 130 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 13, 2026, when the answer was STOUT and 326 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeMANEH
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green35.2%
Any green or yellow86.2%
Whole row gray13.8%
Worst case answers left326

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