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74.5%
of words eliminated

How NANNA performs

Played first, NANNA removes about 74.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 2.85 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, NANNA left an average of 595 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 1074 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeNANNA
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green27.7%
Any green or yellow54.5%
Whole row gray45.5%
Worst case answers left1074

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