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UVULA F
84.2%
of words eliminated

How UVULA performs

Played first, UVULA removes about 84.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.48 bits of information. Roughly 18% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, UVULA left an average of 373 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 715 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeUVULA
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green17.8%
Any green or yellow69.7%
Whole row gray30.3%
Worst case answers left715

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