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UNRED B
94.0%
of words eliminated

How UNRED performs

Played first, UNRED removes about 94.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.94 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, UNRED left an average of 140 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 378 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeUNRED
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green27.3%
Any green or yellow84.0%
Whole row gray16.0%
Worst case answers left378

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