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GALLY C
86.5%
of words eliminated

How GALLY performs

Played first, GALLY removes about 86.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.03 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, GALLY left an average of 320 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 737 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGALLY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green35.5%
Any green or yellow68.8%
Whole row gray31.2%
Worst case answers left737

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