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UNBED C
90.4%
of words eliminated

How UNBED performs

Played first, UNBED removes about 90.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.39 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #8,246 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, UNBED left an average of 224 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 15, 2026, when the answer was PSHAW and 531 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeUNBED
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green22.9%
Any green or yellow77.5%
Whole row gray22.5%
Worst case answers left531

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