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INTIL C
89.4%
of words eliminated

How INTIL performs

Played first, INTIL removes about 89.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.19 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, INTIL left an average of 247 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 15, 2026, when the answer was PSHAW and 596 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeINTIL
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green20.4%
Any green or yellow74.7%
Whole row gray25.3%
Worst case answers left596

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