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ISLED B
94.5%
of words eliminated

How ISLED performs

Played first, ISLED removes about 94.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.93 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, ISLED left an average of 130 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 322 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeISLED
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green23.4%
Any green or yellow86.4%
Whole row gray13.6%
Worst case answers left322

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