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How FISHY performs
Played first, FISHY removes about 87.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.98 bits of information. Roughly 29% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, FISHY left an average of 314 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 17, 2026, when the answer was LEGAL and 702 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | FISHY |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 28.7% |
| Any green or yellow | 70.2% |
| Whole row gray | 29.8% |
| Worst case answers left | 702 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.