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UNBAR C
93.0%
of words eliminated

How UNBAR performs

Played first, UNBAR removes about 93.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.66 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #5,534 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, UNBAR left an average of 164 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 6, 2026, when the answer was TODDY and 398 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeUNBAR
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green20.8%
Any green or yellow83.1%
Whole row gray16.9%
Worst case answers left398

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