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LUNET B
95.5%
of words eliminated

How LUNET performs

Played first, LUNET removes about 95.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.31 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, LUNET left an average of 106 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 15, 2026, when the answer was PSHAW and 286 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeLUNET
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green36.8%
Any green or yellow87.9%
Whole row gray12.1%
Worst case answers left286

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