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How NOOSE performs
Played first, NOOSE removes about 93.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.70 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #5,167 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 40% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, NOOSE left an average of 161 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 12, 2026, when the answer was CLACK and 384 candidates survived.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | NOOSE |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 40.5% |
| Any green or yellow | 83.7% |
| Whole row gray | 16.3% |
| Worst case answers left | 384 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.