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UPJET C
89.4%
of words eliminated

How UPJET performs

Played first, UPJET removes about 89.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.08 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, UPJET left an average of 248 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 553 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeUPJET
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green26.2%
Any green or yellow76.6%
Whole row gray23.4%
Worst case answers left553

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