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UNITS C
92.4%
of words eliminated

How UNITS performs

Played first, UNITS removes about 92.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.74 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, UNITS left an average of 182 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 17, 2026, when the answer was LEGAL and 513 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeUNITS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green22.3%
Any green or yellow78.3%
Whole row gray21.7%
Worst case answers left513

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