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WISHA C
90.6%
of words eliminated

How WISHA performs

Played first, WISHA removes about 90.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.26 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, WISHA left an average of 226 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 16, 2026, when the answer was BUTTE and 454 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeWISHA
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green17.3%
Any green or yellow80.8%
Whole row gray19.2%
Worst case answers left454

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