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NOONE F
87.9%
of words eliminated

How NOONE performs

Played first, NOONE removes about 87.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.93 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #11,953 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, NOONE left an average of 277 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 15, 2026, when the answer was PSHAW and 598 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeNOONE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green41.8%
Any green or yellow74.6%
Whole row gray25.4%
Worst case answers left598

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