Overall opener rank #77
CRANE
- Avg left
- 81.2
- Feedback groups
- 142
- Avg solve
- 3.55 turns
Toughest opening branch: ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ leaves 271 answers. All gray occurs 11.5% of the time.
Open CRANE playbookSecond-Guess Atlas
Learn the branches, not one magic second word
A second guess only makes sense after you know the colours. These bounded playbooks map the most common replies to eight popular openers, with a separate answer for Normal and Hard Mode.
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The atlas teaches high-frequency branches. The calculator handles every reachable feedback pattern without creating another public page.
Eight substantive guides
Choose the opener you actually play
Rank is by simulated average turns; the playbook selection also reflects familiar openers people search for and use.
Overall opener rank #87
SLATE
- Avg left
- 73.5
- Feedback groups
- 148
- Avg solve
- 3.55 turns
Toughest opening branch: ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ leaves 228 answers. All gray occurs 9.7% of the time.
Open SLATE playbookOverall opener rank #8,397
ADIEU
- Avg left
- 125.1
- Feedback groups
- 80
- Avg solve
- 3.73 turns
Toughest opening branch: 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ leaves 288 answers. All gray occurs 7.0% of the time.
Open ADIEU playbookOverall opener rank #8,724
AUDIO
- Avg left
- 185.4
- Feedback groups
- 91
- Avg solve
- 3.73 turns
Toughest opening branch: 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ leaves 441 answers. All gray occurs 8.1% of the time.
Open AUDIO playbookOverall opener rank #185
STARE
- Avg left
- 72.9
- Feedback groups
- 136
- Avg solve
- 3.57 turns
Toughest opening branch: ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ leaves 234 answers. All gray occurs 9.9% of the time.
Open STARE playbookOverall opener rank #1,112
RAISE
- Avg left
- 62.3
- Feedback groups
- 132
- Avg solve
- 3.60 turns
Toughest opening branch: ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ leaves 173 answers. All gray occurs 7.3% of the time.
Open RAISE playbookOverall opener rank #9
TRACE
- Avg left
- 76.1
- Feedback groups
- 150
- Avg solve
- 3.53 turns
Toughest opening branch: ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ leaves 253 answers. All gray occurs 10.7% of the time.
Open TRACE playbookOverall opener rank #55
SALET
- Avg left
- 72.9
- Feedback groups
- 149
- Avg solve
- 3.55 turns
Toughest opening branch: ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ leaves 228 answers. All gray occurs 9.7% of the time.
Open SALET playbookPool and method
One working pool, exact feedback
Every branch is counted over 2,358 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 2,358-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. The playbook pages publish six common branches per opener, while the calculator remains the complete tool.