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GALAX F
81.9%
of words eliminated

How GALAX performs

Played first, GALAX removes about 81.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.51 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #13,794 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, GALAX left an average of 420 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 897 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGALAX
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green27.0%
Any green or yellow62.0%
Whole row gray38.0%
Worst case answers left897

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