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RERAN B
94.2%
of words eliminated

How RERAN performs

Played first, RERAN removes about 94.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.92 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, RERAN left an average of 135 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 355 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeRERAN
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green28.0%
Any green or yellow85.0%
Whole row gray15.0%
Worst case answers left355

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