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FISTY C
89.7%
of words eliminated

How FISTY performs

Played first, FISTY removes about 89.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.35 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #8,690 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, FISTY left an average of 251 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 604 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeFISTY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green31.3%
Any green or yellow74.4%
Whole row gray25.6%
Worst case answers left604

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