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MANZO C
88.8%
of words eliminated

How MANZO performs

Played first, MANZO removes about 88.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.00 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #11,478 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, MANZO left an average of 261 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 571 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeMANZO
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green22.9%
Any green or yellow75.8%
Whole row gray24.2%
Worst case answers left571

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