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INDOW C
87.3%
of words eliminated

How INDOW performs

Played first, INDOW removes about 87.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.04 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, INDOW left an average of 299 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 17, 2026, when the answer was LEGAL and 698 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeINDOW
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green13.2%
Any green or yellow70.4%
Whole row gray29.6%
Worst case answers left698

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