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THANE A
95.9%
of words eliminated

How THANE performs

Played first, THANE removes about 95.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.48 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #272 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 1,858 past Wordle answers, THANE left an average of 93 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on June 30, 2026, when the answer was PUPPY and 280 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeTHANE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green39.9%
Any green or yellow88.1%
Whole row gray11.9%
Worst case answers left280

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