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How SANER performs
Played first, SANER removes about 97.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.73 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #38 of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 43% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, SANER left an average of 72 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 228 candidates survived.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | SANER |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 43.3% |
| Any green or yellow | 90.3% |
| Whole row gray | 9.7% |
| Worst case answers left | 228 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.