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EGADS C
93.4%
of words eliminated

How EGADS performs

Played first, EGADS removes about 93.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.65 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #5,689 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 1,858 past Wordle answers, EGADS left an average of 155 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 326 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeEGADS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green20.1%
Any green or yellow86.2%
Whole row gray13.8%
Worst case answers left326

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