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UNBID C
86.5%
of words eliminated

How UNBID performs

Played first, UNBID removes about 86.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.07 bits of information. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, UNBID left an average of 318 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 17, 2026, when the answer was LEGAL and 757 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeUNBID
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green16.8%
Any green or yellow67.9%
Whole row gray32.1%
Worst case answers left757

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