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UNMIX F
82.5%
of words eliminated

How UNMIX performs

Played first, UNMIX removes about 82.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.50 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, UNMIX left an average of 413 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 866 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeUNMIX
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green13.4%
Any green or yellow63.3%
Whole row gray36.7%
Worst case answers left866

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