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NAILY B
94.2%
of words eliminated

How NAILY performs

Played first, NAILY removes about 94.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.01 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #2,402 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, NAILY left an average of 139 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 387 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeNAILY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green39.4%
Any green or yellow83.6%
Whole row gray16.4%
Worst case answers left387

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