Opener Lab
Compare SLANE
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How SLANE performs
Played first, SLANE removes about 96.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.77 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #27 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 1,858 past Wordle answers, SLANE left an average of 75 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 235 candidates survived.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | SLANE |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0% |
| At least one green | 46.3% |
| Any green or yellow | 90.0% |
| Whole row gray | 10.0% |
| Worst case answers left | 235 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.
Planning the second guess
All five letters miss 10.0% of the time, leaving 235 words in play. Of the 735 follow-ups checked here, COURT leaves the fewest possible answers on average (6.2).