Overall opener rank #77
CRANE
- Avg left
- 81.8
- Feedback groups
- 142
- Avg solve
- 3.55 turns
Toughest opening branch: ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ leaves 273 answers. All gray occurs 11.5% of the time.
Open CRANE playbook #Second-Guess Atlas
Second guesses for common opener results
Choose an opener to see six common feedback results and a recommended second guess for Normal and Hard Mode.
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The pages below cover six common results for each opener. The calculator accepts every reachable feedback pattern.
Eight openers
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Cards are ordered by simulated average turns and include both high-ranking and familiar openers.
Overall opener rank #87
SLATE
- Avg left
- 73.9
- Feedback groups
- 148
- Avg solve
- 3.55 turns
Toughest opening branch: ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ leaves 229 answers. All gray occurs 9.6% of the time.
Open SLATE playbook #Overall opener rank #8,397
ADIEU
- Avg left
- 125.6
- Feedback groups
- 80
- Avg solve
- 3.73 turns
Toughest opening branch: 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ leaves 289 answers. All gray occurs 7.0% of the time.
Open ADIEU playbook #Overall opener rank #8,724
AUDIO
- Avg left
- 186.2
- Feedback groups
- 91
- Avg solve
- 3.73 turns
Toughest opening branch: 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ leaves 442 answers. All gray occurs 8.1% of the time.
Open AUDIO playbook #Overall opener rank #185
STARE
- Avg left
- 73.7
- Feedback groups
- 137
- Avg solve
- 3.57 turns
Toughest opening branch: ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ leaves 235 answers. All gray occurs 9.9% of the time.
Open STARE playbook #Overall opener rank #1,112
RAISE
- Avg left
- 62.6
- Feedback groups
- 132
- Avg solve
- 3.60 turns
Toughest opening branch: ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ leaves 174 answers. All gray occurs 7.3% of the time.
Open RAISE playbook #Overall opener rank #9
TRACE
- Avg left
- 76.9
- Feedback groups
- 150
- Avg solve
- 3.53 turns
Toughest opening branch: ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ leaves 255 answers. All gray occurs 10.7% of the time.
Open TRACE playbook #Overall opener rank #55
SALET
- Avg left
- 73.5
- Feedback groups
- 150
- Avg solve
- 3.55 turns
Toughest opening branch: ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ leaves 229 answers. All gray occurs 9.6% of the time.
Open SALET playbook #Pool and method
Data and method
Every branch is counted over 2,374 working possible answers. Normal Mode compares 14,855 captured accepted guesses; Hard Mode keeps every revealed green and reuses every yellow.
The overall rank and “Avg solve” figures come from the last complete six-turn simulation snapshot of 2,354 answers. The feedback, information and shortlist figures use the current 2,374-answer working pool.
Answers are equally weighted. “Average left” is the expected shortlist after the guess; the worst case is the largest feedback group it can leave. Each playbook shows six common branches. The calculator covers every reachable result.