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GAMBO C
88.5%
of words eliminated

How GAMBO performs

Played first, GAMBO removes about 88.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.11 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #10,685 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, GAMBO left an average of 267 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 590 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGAMBO
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green22.0%
Any green or yellow75.0%
Whole row gray25.0%
Worst case answers left590

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