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CISCO C
88.8%
of words eliminated

How CISCO performs

Played first, CISCO removes about 88.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.04 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #11,182 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, CISCO left an average of 269 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 17, 2026, when the answer was LEGAL and 587 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCISCO
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green26.7%
Any green or yellow75.1%
Whole row gray24.9%
Worst case answers left587

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