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FLISK C
88.0%
of words eliminated

How FLISK performs

Played first, FLISK removes about 88.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.20 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, FLISK left an average of 288 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 692 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeFLISK
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green30.2%
Any green or yellow70.7%
Whole row gray29.3%
Worst case answers left692

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