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IZARD C
91.2%
of words eliminated

How IZARD performs

Played first, IZARD removes about 91.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.27 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #9,415 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, IZARD left an average of 204 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 440 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeIZARD
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green23.2%
Any green or yellow81.3%
Whole row gray18.7%
Worst case answers left440

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