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ULNAE B
95.8%
of words eliminated

How ULNAE performs

Played first, ULNAE removes about 95.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.32 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #669 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, ULNAE left an average of 97 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 233 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeULNAE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green36.8%
Any green or yellow90.1%
Whole row gray9.9%
Worst case answers left233

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