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LUTEA B
95.9%
of words eliminated

How LUTEA performs

Played first, LUTEA removes about 95.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.32 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, LUTEA left an average of 95 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 15, 2026, when the answer was PSHAW and 210 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeLUTEA
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green29.3%
Any green or yellow91.5%
Whole row gray8.5%
Worst case answers left210

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