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REWAN B
94.6%
of words eliminated

How REWAN performs

Played first, REWAN removes about 94.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.03 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #2,296 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 1,860 past Wordle answers, REWAN left an average of 125 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 328 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeREWAN
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green23.7%
Any green or yellow86.1%
Whole row gray13.9%
Worst case answers left328

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