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How IDYLL performs
Played first, IDYLL removes about 83.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.66 bits of information. Roughly 15% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, IDYLL left an average of 382 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 814 candidates survived.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | IDYLL |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 15.2% |
| Any green or yellow | 65.5% |
| Whole row gray | 34.5% |
| Worst case answers left | 814 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.