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NANCY F
87.7%
of words eliminated

How NANCY performs

Played first, NANCY removes about 87.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.00 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #11,532 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 1,859 past Wordle answers, NANCY left an average of 293 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 662 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeNANCY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green34.9%
Any green or yellow71.9%
Whole row gray28.1%
Worst case answers left662

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