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NOEME C
92.0%
of words eliminated

How NOEME performs

Played first, NOEME removes about 92.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.52 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, NOEME left an average of 182 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 490 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeNOEME
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green38.5%
Any green or yellow79.2%
Whole row gray20.8%
Worst case answers left490

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