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Compare NACRE

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NACRE A
96.3%
of words eliminated

How NACRE performs

Played first, NACRE removes about 96.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.51 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, NACRE left an average of 83 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 272 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeNACRE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green36.7%
Any green or yellow88.5%
Whole row gray11.5%
Worst case answers left272

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