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Compare IORAS

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IORAS B
95.9%
of words eliminated

How IORAS performs

Played first, IORAS removes about 95.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.23 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, IORAS left an average of 98 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 12, 2026, when the answer was CLACK and 219 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeIORAS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green26.1%
Any green or yellow92.5%
Whole row gray7.5%
Worst case answers left219

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