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UNSEW C
91.9%
of words eliminated

How UNSEW performs

Played first, UNSEW removes about 91.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.44 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, UNSEW left an average of 193 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 437 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeUNSEW
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green20.3%
Any green or yellow81.5%
Whole row gray18.5%
Worst case answers left437

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