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UPSEE C
90.3%
of words eliminated

How UPSEE performs

Played first, UPSEE removes about 90.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.38 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #8,400 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, UPSEE left an average of 230 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 593 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeUPSEE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green36.3%
Any green or yellow74.9%
Whole row gray25.1%
Worst case answers left593

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