Opener Lab
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How VIGIA performs
Played first, VIGIA removes about 81.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.41 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, VIGIA left an average of 429 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 756 candidates survived.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | VIGIA |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0% |
| At least one green | 20.1% |
| Any green or yellow | 68.0% |
| Whole row gray | 32.0% |
| Worst case answers left | 756 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.