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How INLET performs
Played first, INLET removes about 95.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.32 bits of information. Roughly 30% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, INLET left an average of 100 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 15, 2026, when the answer was PSHAW and 279 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | INLET |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 30.5% |
| Any green or yellow | 88.2% |
| Whole row gray | 11.8% |
| Worst case answers left | 279 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.