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ICHED C
91.9%
of words eliminated

How ICHED performs

Played first, ICHED removes about 91.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.46 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #7,556 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, ICHED left an average of 189 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 13, 2026, when the answer was STOUT and 445 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeICHED
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green20.4%
Any green or yellow81.1%
Whole row gray18.9%
Worst case answers left445

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