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INFIX F
70.6%
of words eliminated

How INFIX performs

Played first, INFIX removes about 70.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 2.71 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #14,783 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, INFIX left an average of 695 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 1197 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeINFIX
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green12.1%
Any green or yellow49.2%
Whole row gray50.8%
Worst case answers left1197

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