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GAIRS B
95.0%
of words eliminated

How GAIRS performs

Played first, GAIRS removes about 95.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.10 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #1,757 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, GAIRS left an average of 119 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 298 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGAIRS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green34.2%
Any green or yellow87.4%
Whole row gray12.6%
Worst case answers left298

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