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NUDER B
93.9%
of words eliminated

How NUDER performs

Played first, NUDER removes about 93.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.94 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #2,945 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, NUDER left an average of 142 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 377 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeNUDER
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green26.8%
Any green or yellow84.0%
Whole row gray16.0%
Worst case answers left377

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