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INCLE B
94.9%
of words eliminated

How INCLE performs

Played first, INCLE removes about 94.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.07 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #1,979 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, INCLE left an average of 120 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 326 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeINCLE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green29.2%
Any green or yellow86.2%
Whole row gray13.8%
Worst case answers left326

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