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Compare UNSET

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UNSET B
94.7%
of words eliminated

How UNSET performs

Played first, UNSET removes about 94.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.12 bits of information. Roughly 29% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, UNSET left an average of 125 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 12, 2026, when the answer was CLACK and 335 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeUNSET
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green29.0%
Any green or yellow85.8%
Whole row gray14.2%
Worst case answers left335

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