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UNLID C
90.7%
of words eliminated

How UNLID performs

Played first, UNLID removes about 90.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.50 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, UNLID left an average of 221 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 580 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeUNLID
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green19.2%
Any green or yellow75.4%
Whole row gray24.6%
Worst case answers left580

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