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YUANS C
93.2%
of words eliminated

How YUANS performs

Played first, YUANS removes about 93.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.71 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #5,098 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, YUANS left an average of 164 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 420 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeYUANS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green28.3%
Any green or yellow82.2%
Whole row gray17.8%
Worst case answers left420

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