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UNRIG C
91.2%
of words eliminated

How UNRIG performs

Played first, UNRIG removes about 91.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.48 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, UNRIG left an average of 210 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 522 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeUNRIG
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green19.3%
Any green or yellow77.9%
Whole row gray22.1%
Worst case answers left522

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