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LISPS F
86.6%
of words eliminated

How LISPS performs

Played first, LISPS removes about 86.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.91 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, LISPS left an average of 326 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 722 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeLISPS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green17.8%
Any green or yellow69.4%
Whole row gray30.6%
Worst case answers left722

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