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Compare FISCS

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FISCS F
83.1%
of words eliminated

How FISCS performs

Played first, FISCS removes about 83.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.59 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, FISCS left an average of 408 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 852 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeFISCS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green23.2%
Any green or yellow63.9%
Whole row gray36.1%
Worst case answers left852

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