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LUMME C
88.9%
of words eliminated

How LUMME performs

Played first, LUMME removes about 88.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.04 bits of information. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, LUMME left an average of 259 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 571 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeLUMME
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green31.1%
Any green or yellow75.8%
Whole row gray24.2%
Worst case answers left571

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