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UNODE B
93.7%
of words eliminated

How UNODE performs

Played first, UNODE removes about 93.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.87 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #3,583 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, UNODE left an average of 143 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 15, 2026, when the answer was PSHAW and 362 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeUNODE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green30.8%
Any green or yellow84.6%
Whole row gray15.4%
Worst case answers left362

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