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AGENE C
92.1%
of words eliminated

How AGENE performs

Played first, AGENE removes about 92.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.62 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, AGENE left an average of 181 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 466 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeAGENE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green35.3%
Any green or yellow80.2%
Whole row gray19.8%
Worst case answers left466

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