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RONIN C
91.1%
of words eliminated

How RONIN performs

Played first, RONIN removes about 91.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.44 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, RONIN left an average of 210 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 17, 2026, when the answer was LEGAL and 520 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeRONIN
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green29.8%
Any green or yellow78.0%
Whole row gray22.0%
Worst case answers left520

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