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NOSEY B
94.7%
of words eliminated

How NOSEY performs

Played first, NOSEY removes about 94.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.97 bits of information. Roughly 38% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, NOSEY left an average of 128 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 17, 2026, when the answer was LEGAL and 307 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeNOSEY
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green38.1%
Any green or yellow89.3%
Whole row gray10.7%
Worst case answers left307

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