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VINOS C
90.5%
of words eliminated

How VINOS performs

Played first, VINOS removes about 90.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.38 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #8,412 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, VINOS left an average of 226 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 17, 2026, when the answer was LEGAL and 556 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeVINOS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green20.6%
Any green or yellow76.4%
Whole row gray23.6%
Worst case answers left556

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