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NALAS C
91.5%
of words eliminated

How NALAS performs

Played first, NALAS removes about 91.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.45 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, NALAS left an average of 200 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 514 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeNALAS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green25.5%
Any green or yellow78.2%
Whole row gray21.8%
Worst case answers left514

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