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How UNZIP performs
Played first, UNZIP removes about 83.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.56 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #13,626 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 14% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, UNZIP left an average of 392 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 828 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | UNZIP |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 13.8% |
| Any green or yellow | 64.9% |
| Whole row gray | 35.1% |
| Worst case answers left | 828 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.