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NASAL C
91.7%
of words eliminated

How NASAL performs

Played first, NASAL removes about 91.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.52 bits of information. Roughly 27% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, NASAL left an average of 195 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. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeNASAL
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green27.0%
Any green or yellow78.2%
Whole row gray21.8%
Worst case answers left514

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