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NANNY F
81.5%
of words eliminated

How NANNY performs

Played first, NANNY removes about 81.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.32 bits of information. Roughly 36% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, NANNY left an average of 441 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 853 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeNANNY
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green36.4%
Any green or yellow63.8%
Whole row gray36.2%
Worst case answers left853

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