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INTRO B
94.6%
of words eliminated

How INTRO performs

Played first, INTRO removes about 94.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.97 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #2,658 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 17% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, INTRO left an average of 127 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 17, 2026, when the answer was LEGAL and 343 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeINTRO
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green17.1%
Any green or yellow85.5%
Whole row gray14.5%
Worst case answers left343

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