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RUANA C
92.3%
of words eliminated

How RUANA performs

Played first, RUANA removes about 92.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.52 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, RUANA left an average of 181 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 451 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeRUANA
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green32.9%
Any green or yellow80.9%
Whole row gray19.1%
Worst case answers left451

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