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How IVORY performs
Played first, IVORY removes about 91.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.30 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #9,147 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 30% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, IVORY left an average of 210 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 17, 2026, when the answer was LEGAL and 490 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer 2 times.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | IVORY |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 30.5% |
| Any green or yellow | 79.2% |
| Whole row gray | 20.8% |
| Worst case answers left | 490 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.