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IZARS C
92.8%
of words eliminated

How IZARS performs

Played first, IZARS removes about 92.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.39 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, IZARS left an average of 172 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 349 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeIZARS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green20.5%
Any green or yellow85.2%
Whole row gray14.8%
Worst case answers left349

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