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IMBED C
89.8%
of words eliminated

How IMBED performs

Played first, IMBED removes about 89.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.26 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, IMBED left an average of 238 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 528 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeIMBED
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green21.9%
Any green or yellow77.6%
Whole row gray22.4%
Worst case answers left528

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