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UNKED C
90.1%
of words eliminated

How UNKED performs

Played first, UNKED removes about 90.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.22 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, UNKED left an average of 232 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 525 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeUNKED
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green21.1%
Any green or yellow77.7%
Whole row gray22.3%
Worst case answers left525

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