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NAKFA F
81.6%
of words eliminated

How NAKFA performs

Played first, NAKFA removes about 81.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.39 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #14,115 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, NAKFA left an average of 430 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 876 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeNAKFA
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green18.5%
Any green or yellow62.8%
Whole row gray37.2%
Worst case answers left876

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