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QANAT F
86.9%
of words eliminated

How QANAT performs

Played first, QANAT removes about 86.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.88 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, QANAT left an average of 301 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 724 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeQANAT
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green33.7%
Any green or yellow69.3%
Whole row gray30.7%
Worst case answers left724

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