Opener Lab
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How JINGS performs
Played first, JINGS removes about 84.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.69 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, JINGS left an average of 372 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 785 candidates survived.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | JINGS |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0% |
| At least one green | 17.6% |
| Any green or yellow | 66.7% |
| Whole row gray | 33.3% |
| Worst case answers left | 785 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.