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INORB C
92.7%
of words eliminated

How INORB performs

Played first, INORB removes about 92.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.62 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, INORB left an average of 170 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 17, 2026, when the answer was LEGAL and 444 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeINORB
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green20.1%
Any green or yellow81.2%
Whole row gray18.8%
Worst case answers left444

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