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CISSY F
87.1%
of words eliminated

How CISSY performs

Played first, CISSY removes about 87.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.94 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #11,905 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, CISSY left an average of 318 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 719 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCISSY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green37.0%
Any green or yellow69.5%
Whole row gray30.5%
Worst case answers left719

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