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UPPER C
89.6%
of words eliminated

How UPPER performs

Played first, UPPER removes about 89.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.07 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #10,968 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 22% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, UPPER left an average of 246 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 527 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeUPPER
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green21.5%
Any green or yellow77.7%
Whole row gray22.3%
Worst case answers left527

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