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MANUS C
92.3%
of words eliminated

How MANUS performs

Played first, MANUS removes about 92.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.63 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #5,846 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, MANUS left an average of 183 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 472 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeMANUS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green24.7%
Any green or yellow80.0%
Whole row gray20.0%
Worst case answers left472

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