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NOMAS C
93.3%
of words eliminated

How NOMAS performs

Played first, NOMAS removes about 93.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.72 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #4,948 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, NOMAS left an average of 158 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 397 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeNOMAS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green22.8%
Any green or yellow83.2%
Whole row gray16.8%
Worst case answers left397

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