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GAMMY F
81.7%
of words eliminated

How GAMMY performs

Played first, GAMMY removes about 81.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.51 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, GAMMY left an average of 433 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 864 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGAMMY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green33.1%
Any green or yellow63.4%
Whole row gray36.6%
Worst case answers left864

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