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FIARS B
94.3%
of words eliminated

How FIARS performs

Played first, FIARS removes about 94.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.91 bits of information. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, FIARS left an average of 136 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 319 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeFIARS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green31.4%
Any green or yellow86.5%
Whole row gray13.5%
Worst case answers left319

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