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Compare AIOLI
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How AIOLI performs
Played first, AIOLI removes about 92.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.42 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #7,935 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, AIOLI left an average of 179 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 15, 2026, when the answer was PSHAW and 388 candidates survived.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | AIOLI |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0% |
| At least one green | 29.8% |
| Any green or yellow | 85.9% |
| Whole row gray | 14.1% |
| Worst case answers left | 388 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.