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How RAMEN performs
Played first, RAMEN removes about 95.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.29 bits of information. Roughly 32% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, RAMEN left an average of 102 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 283 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | RAMEN |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 32.0% |
| Any green or yellow | 88.0% |
| Whole row gray | 12.0% |
| Worst case answers left | 283 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.