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NASUS C
89.8%
of words eliminated

How NASUS performs

Played first, NASUS removes about 89.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.09 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, NASUS left an average of 243 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 551 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeNASUS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green21.2%
Any green or yellow76.6%
Whole row gray23.4%
Worst case answers left551

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