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INCAS C
93.5%
of words eliminated

How INCAS performs

Played first, INCAS removes about 93.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.73 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, INCAS left an average of 155 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 375 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeINCAS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green14.7%
Any green or yellow84.1%
Whole row gray15.9%
Worst case answers left375

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