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RANNY C
91.0%
of words eliminated

How RANNY performs

Played first, RANNY removes about 91.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.35 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #8,674 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 1,858 past Wordle answers, RANNY left an average of 214 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 475 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeRANNY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green38.3%
Any green or yellow79.9%
Whole row gray20.1%
Worst case answers left475

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