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GALAH C
87.5%
of words eliminated

How GALAH performs

Played first, GALAH removes about 87.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.15 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, GALAH left an average of 285 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 721 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGALAH
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green31.7%
Any green or yellow69.4%
Whole row gray30.6%
Worst case answers left721

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