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NAMUS C
92.1%
of words eliminated

How NAMUS performs

Played first, NAMUS removes about 92.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.52 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #6,937 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, NAMUS left an average of 189 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 472 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeNAMUS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green20.9%
Any green or yellow80.0%
Whole row gray20.0%
Worst case answers left472

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