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NASTY B
93.9%
of words eliminated

How NASTY performs

Played first, NASTY removes about 93.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.90 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #3,331 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 31% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, NASTY left an average of 146 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 384 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeNASTY
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green31.0%
Any green or yellow83.7%
Whole row gray16.3%
Worst case answers left384

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