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NAKED C
93.4%
of words eliminated

How NAKED performs

Played first, NAKED removes about 93.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.69 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #5,293 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, NAKED left an average of 155 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 388 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeNAKED
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green29.4%
Any green or yellow83.5%
Whole row gray16.5%
Worst case answers left388

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