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UNCAP C
90.8%
of words eliminated

How UNCAP performs

Played first, UNCAP removes about 90.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.35 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #8,638 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, UNCAP left an average of 217 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 512 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeUNCAP
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green15.1%
Any green or yellow78.3%
Whole row gray21.7%
Worst case answers left512

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