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FLIPS C
88.9%
of words eliminated

How FLIPS performs

Played first, FLIPS removes about 88.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.28 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #9,337 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, FLIPS left an average of 271 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 652 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeFLIPS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green25.4%
Any green or yellow72.3%
Whole row gray27.7%
Worst case answers left652

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