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How ZINCS performs
Played first, ZINCS removes about 87.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.93 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #11,963 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 1,859 past Wordle answers, ZINCS left an average of 307 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 696 candidates survived.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | ZINCS |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0% |
| At least one green | 19.9% |
| Any green or yellow | 70.5% |
| Whole row gray | 29.5% |
| Worst case answers left | 696 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.