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NAPPE C
92.1%
of words eliminated

How NAPPE performs

Played first, NAPPE removes about 92.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.40 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, NAPPE left an average of 184 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 435 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeNAPPE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green32.9%
Any green or yellow81.6%
Whole row gray18.4%
Worst case answers left435

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