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IXORA C
92.3%
of words eliminated

How IXORA performs

Played first, IXORA removes about 92.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.33 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, IXORA left an average of 181 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 17, 2026, when the answer was LEGAL and 385 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeIXORA
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green19.9%
Any green or yellow88.4%
Whole row gray11.6%
Worst case answers left385

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