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GAGES C
92.1%
of words eliminated

How GAGES performs

Played first, GAGES removes about 92.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.33 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #8,865 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, GAGES left an average of 186 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 412 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGAGES
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green32.1%
Any green or yellow82.5%
Whole row gray17.5%
Worst case answers left412

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