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VIZIR F
77.9%
of words eliminated

How VIZIR performs

Played first, VIZIR removes about 77.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.08 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, VIZIR left an average of 525 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 967 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeVIZIR
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green23.9%
Any green or yellow59.0%
Whole row gray41.0%
Worst case answers left967

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