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UNION C
88.2%
of words eliminated

How UNION performs

Played first, UNION removes about 88.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.01 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #11,418 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 24% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, UNION left an average of 278 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 17, 2026, when the answer was LEGAL and 643 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeUNION
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green24.5%
Any green or yellow72.7%
Whole row gray27.3%
Worst case answers left643

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