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AGAST C
90.2%
of words eliminated

How AGAST performs

Played first, AGAST removes about 90.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.38 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, AGAST left an average of 231 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 607 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeAGAST
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green31.2%
Any green or yellow74.3%
Whole row gray25.7%
Worst case answers left607

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