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Operator Statistics

Subtraction dominates Nerdle's 17,723 modelled answers, and division is the rarest operator — which shapes both what you should open with and how to read a confirmed ÷.

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Operator Frequency#

Subtraction dominates, and division is the rarest operator — which makes a confirmed ÷ unusually informative. Each bar counts answers that contain the operator; an answer with two operators counts towards both:

Subtraction (−)
7,810 · 44.1%
Addition (+)
6,839 · 38.6%
Multiplication (×)
5,574 · 31.5%
Division (÷)
4,024 · 22.7%

This distribution is why the top-ranked openers are subtractions: a − tests the likeliest operator, so either colour of feedback moves the biggest possible slice of the pool. Pair it with the most common digits to make every slot count.

Single vs Multi-Operator Equations#

51.4%
of equations use exactly one operator
48.6%
use two or more operators

With the pool split nearly 50/50, locating the equals sign early — which fixes how many operator slots the answer even has — is one of the fastest structural reads in the game. See where the equals sign goes. Single-operator addition and subtraction mirror each other exactly (3,330 each, including 3,240 apiece of the two-digit dd±dd=dd shapes) because every a+b=c can be read as c−b=a — one of Nerdle's hidden rules in action. Subtraction earns its lead in the two-operator half of the pool, too: 4,480 of those 8,607 answers use a − to pull a large intermediate value back down into an 8-character result.

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