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MOANA C
90.0%
of words eliminated

How MOANA performs

Played first, MOANA removes about 90.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.31 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, MOANA left an average of 227 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 582 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeMOANA
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green35.3%
Any green or yellow75.3%
Whole row gray24.7%
Worst case answers left582

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