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Compare FISKS

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FISKS F
77.9%
of words eliminated

How FISKS performs

Played first, FISKS removes about 77.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.22 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, FISKS left an average of 531 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 1001 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeFISKS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green19.6%
Any green or yellow57.6%
Whole row gray42.4%
Worst case answers left1001

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