Opener Lab
Compare WISPY
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How WISPY performs
Played first, WISPY removes about 86.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.97 bits of information. Roughly 28% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, WISPY left an average of 337 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 741 candidates survived.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | WISPY |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 28.0% |
| Any green or yellow | 68.6% |
| Whole row gray | 31.4% |
| Worst case answers left | 741 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.