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RENEY C
92.7%
of words eliminated

How RENEY performs

Played first, RENEY removes about 92.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.67 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #5,522 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, RENEY left an average of 175 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 415 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeRENEY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green40.6%
Any green or yellow82.4%
Whole row gray17.6%
Worst case answers left415

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