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LUNAR B
95.3%
of words eliminated

How LUNAR performs

Played first, LUNAR removes about 95.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.15 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #1,486 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 29% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, LUNAR left an average of 110 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 265 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeLUNAR
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green29.0%
Any green or yellow88.8%
Whole row gray11.2%
Worst case answers left265

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